MANUAL 

BOARD  OF  CITY  SERVICE 
COMMISSIONERS 

CITY  OF  MILWAUKEE 


MAY,  1914 


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OF  THE 

BOARD  OF  CITY  SERVICE 
COMMISSIONERS 

OF  THE 

CITY  OF  MILWAUKEE 

Milwaukee,  Wisconsin 

U.  S.  A. 


MAY,  1914 

ST.  PAUL 
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Board  of  City  Service  Commissioners 


President 

wm.  w.  McIntyre 

Otto  P.  Hoppe 

Term  expires  on  the  first  Monday  in  July,  1914 

Edward  Ziegler 

Term  expires  on  the  first  Monday  in  July,  1915 

Wm.W.  McIntire 

Term  expires  on  the  first  Monday  in  July,  1916 

Peter  J.  Koehler 

Term  expires  on  the  first  Monday  in  July,  1917 

Chief  Examiner  and  Secretary 
JOHN  J.  VLACH 


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CITY  CIVIL  SERVICE  ACT. 

(Subject  to  Change  by  the  State  Legislature.) 

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Chapter  313,  of  the  Laws  of  1895,  App.  April  19  and  Pub.  April  29, 
[As  Amended  by  Chapter  218,  of  the  Laws  of  1897,  App. 
April  12,  and  Pub.  April  13,  and  Chapter  95,  App. 

May  8,  1911,  and  Chapter  547,  App.  July  3,  19 II.] 


AN  ACT  to  regulate  the  civil  service  of  cities. 

The  people  of  the  State  of  Wisconsin,  represented  in  Sen- 
ate and  Assembly,  do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  The  Mayor  of  each  city  in  this  state,  of 
the  first  class,  or  of  the  second  class,  as  defined  by  Sec- 
tion 1,  of  Chapter  312,  of  the  general  laws  of  Wisconsin, Appointment 
enacted  in  1893,  whether  such  city  be  incorporated  byof  Commis- 
special  act  of  the  Legislature  or  under  the  general  lawssioners* 
of  the  state,  shall,  before  the  fifteenth  day  of  June,  A.  D. 

1895,  or  the  fifteenth  day  of  June  in  the  year  next  fol- 
lowing the  first  state  or  national  census,  showing  such 
city  to  belong  to  either  said  first  or  said  second  class,  ap- 
point four  persons,  citizens  and  residents  of  said  city, 
who  shall  constitute  and  be  known  as  the  Board  of  City 
Service  Commissioners  of  such  city,  and  shall  designate 
one  of  the  persons  so  appointed  to  serve  for  a term  of 
four  years,  one  for  a term  of  three  years,  one  for  a term 
of  two  years,  and  one  for  a term  of  one  year,  from  the 
first  Monday  of  July  in  the  year  of  their  appointment  and 
until  their  respective  successors  are  appointed  and  quali- 
fied; and  in  each  and  every  year  after  such  first  appoint- 
ment, the  Mayor  shall,  in  like  manner,  in  the  month  of 
June,  appoint  one  person  as  the  successor  of  the  Com- 
missioner Whose  term  shall  expire  in  that  year,  to  serve 
as  such  Commissioner  for  four  years  from  the  first  Mon- 
day of  July  then  next  ensuing,  and  until  his  successor  is 
appointed  and  qualified.  Three  Commissioners  shall 
constitute  a quorum  necessary  for  the  transaction  of 
business.  Any  vacancy  in  the  office  of  Commissioner 
occurring  during  the  term  shall  be  filled  for  the  unex- 
pired term  by  appointment  by  the  Mayor  and  all  appoint- Qualifications 
ments,  both  original  and  to  fill  vacancies,  shall  be  so0?  Commis- 
made  that  not  more  than  two  Commissioners  shall  at  thesloners* 
time  of  the  appointment  be  members  of  the  same  politi- 
cal party.  Said  Commissioners  shall  hold  no  lucrative 
office  or  employment  under  the  United  States,  the  State 

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Commission- 
ers to  Make 
Rules. 


Rules  for 
Examinations. 


Filling 

Vacancies. 


Promotions. 


Probation. 


Rules  to 
be  Printed 
Forthwith. 


of  Wisconsin,  or  any  municipal  corporation  or  political 
division  thereof,  and  each  Commissioner  shall,  before  en- 
tering upon  the  discharge  (of  the  duties)  of  his  office 
and  within  ten  days  after  receiving  notice  of  his  appoint- 
ment, take  and  subscribe  the  oath  of  office  prescribed  by 
the  constitution  of  this  state,  and  file  the  same,  duly  cer- 
tified by  the  officer  administering  it  with  the  (City)  Clerk 
of  his  city,  and  no  salary  or  other  compensation  for  his 
services  shall  be  paid  to  any  such  Commissioner. 

Sec.  2.  [As  amended  by  Section  1,  Chapter  218,  of 
1897.]  The  said  commissioners  shall  make  rules  adapted 
to  carry  out  the  purposes  of  the  act  and  not  inconsistent 
with  its  provisions,  for  the  examination  and  selection  of 
persons  to  fill  offices  and  positions  in  the  service  of  their 
respective  cities,  which  are  required  to  be  filled  by  ap- 
pointment and  for  the  selection  of  persons  to  be  em- 
ployed in  the  service  of  such  city.  All  rules  so  made 
shall  be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Mayor  of  the  city, 
and  they  may  with  like  approval  be  from  time  to  time 
altered  or  rescinded  by  said  Commissioners.  The  said 
Commissioners  shall  supervise  the  administration  of  the 
rules  so  established. 

Sec.  3.  [As  amended  by  Section  1,  Chapter  547,  Laws 
1911.]  The  rules  mentioned  in  Section  2 of  this  act  may 
be  made  from  time  to  time: 

1st.  For  open,  competitive,  and  other  examinations 
by  which  to  test  applicants  for  office  or  for  employment 
as  to  their  practical  fitness  to  discharge  the  duties  of  the 
positions  which  they  desire  to  fill,  which  examinations 
shall  be  public  and  free  to  all  persons  with  proper  limita- 
tions as  to  citizenship,  residence,  age,  health,  sex,  habits, 
and  moral  character.  All  rules  so  made  shall  be  subject 
to  the  approval  of  the  Mayor  of  the  city,  and  they  may 
with  like  approval  be  from  time  to  time  altered  or  re- 
scinded by  said  Commissioners.  The  said  Commissioners 
shall  supervise  the  administration  of  the  rules  so  estab- 
lished. 

2nd.  For  the  filling  of  vacancies  in  office  and  places 
of  employment  in  accordance  with  the  results  of  such 
examinations,  and  for  the  selection  of  persons  for  public 
employment  in  accordance  with  such  results,  or  other- 
wise as  may  seem  most  desirable  to  carry  out  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act. 

3rd.  For  the  promotions  in  office  or  positions  on  the 
basis  of  ascertained  merit  and  seniority  in  service,  and 
examination  as  may  seem  desirable. 

4th.  For  a period  of  probation  before  an  appoint- 
ment or  employment  is  made  permanent. 

All  rules  made  as  provided  in  this  act  and  all  changes 
therein  shall  forthwith  be  printed  for  distribution  by  said 
Board. 


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Sec.  3a.  The  examinations  held  under  this  act  shall 
consist  of  any  reasonable  and  impartial  method  of  ascer-Examinations. 
taining  the  fitness  or  relative  merit  of  candidates. 

Sec.  4.  [As  amended  by  Section  2,  Chapter  547, 

Laws  1911.]  From  and  after  the  adoption  of  such  rules, 

all  appointments  to  subordinate  offices,  positions,  andAppointments. 

employments  in  the  several  departments  of  the  service 

of  such  city,  which  are  subject  to  such  rules,  shall  be 

made  by  the  respective  heads  of  such  departments  under 

and  in  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  such  rules,  and 

such  heads  of  departments  shall  respectively  have  powerDischarge  at 

to  remove  or  discharge  at  pleasure  any  person  holdingpleasure- 

any  subordinate  office,  position,  or  employment  in  their 

respective  departments,  for  cause  which  shall  not  be 

religious  or  political  and  shall  be  set  forth  in  detail  in 

writing  and  be  filed  within  ten  days  with  the  Secretary  of 

the  City  Service  Commission.  But  any  such  dischargedReasons  for 

subordinate  shall  be  given  an  opportunity  to  make  an_wrifingge  m 

swer  and  his  answer,  when  made  in  writing,  shall  be  filed 

With  the  Secretary  of  the  Commission. 

Sec.  5.  All  applicants  for  offices,  places  or  employ- 
ments in  the  civil  service  of  such  city,  except  those  men- 
tioned in  Section  6,  shall  be  subject  to  examination  un- 
der and  in  accordance  with  the  rules  so  made  by  said  . 
Commissioners.  Such  examinations  shall  be  practical  in^g™1^  10ns 
their  character  and  shall  relate  to  those  matters  whichFair  Test, 
will  fairly  test  the  relative  capacity  and  fitness  of  the 
persons  examined  to  discharge  the  duties  of  the  particu- 
lar service  to  which  they  seek  to  be  appointed,  and  shall 
include  tests  of  physical  qualifications  and  health,  and, 
when  appropriate,  of  manual  skill.  No  question  in  any 
examination  shall  relate  to  political  or  religious  opinions 
or  affiliations,  and  no  appointment  or  selection  to  an  of- 
fice or  for  employment  within  the  scope  of  the  rules 
established  as  aforesaid  shall  be  in  any  manner  affected 
or  influenced  by  such  opinions  or  affiliations. 

Sec.  6.  [As  amended  by  Section  3,  Chapter  547, 

Laws  1911.]  Officers  who  are  elected  by  the  people,  or 

who  by  the  statutes  are  required  to  be  elected  by  the  City 

Council,  Inspectors  and  Clerks  of  Election,  members  of 

any  Board  of  Education,  the  superintendents  and  teach-Exemptions. 

ers  of  schools,  heads  of  any  principal  departments  of  the 

city,  all  members  of  the  law,  fire  and  police  departments, 

officers  and  clerks  entrusted  with  the  handling  of  money 

for  which  their  superior  officer  is  required  to  give  bond, 

one  private  secretary  of  the  Mayor  and  any  other  officers, 

Clerks,  or  employees  in  the  service  of  the  city  whose 
positions,  in  the  judgment  of  the  said  City  Service  Com- 
missioners cannot,  for  the  time  being  be  subjected,  with 
advantage  to  the  public  service,  to  the  general  rules  pre- 
pared under  this  act,  shall  not  be  affected  as  to  their 
election,  selection,  or  appointment,  by  such  rules  made  by 
said  Commissioners.  When  any  position  to  be  filled  in- 
volves fiduciary  responsibility  other  than  the  handling  of 

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money,  the  appointing  officer  may  require  the  appointee 
to  furnish  him  a bond  or  other  security  for  the  faithful 
performance  of  his  duty,  the  amount  to  be  fixed  by  the 
appointing  officer  with  the  approval  of  the  Mayor,  and 
shall  notify  the  City  Service  Commission  of  the  amount 
and  conditions  thereof  and  other  details  thereof,  pro- 
vided, however,  that  any  surety  company,  the  bonds  of 
which  are  accepted  by  the  judge  of  any  court  of  record 
in  this  state  shall  be  sufficient  security  on  any  such  bond, 
and  that  the  premium  on  such  bond,  within  the  limits 
fixed  by  law,  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  city  treasury. 

Sec.  7.  Every  application,  in  order  to  entitle  the 
applicant  to  appear  for  examination,  or  to  be  examined, 
must  state  the  facts  under  oath  on  the  following  subjects: 
(1)  full  name,  residence  and  postoffice  address;  (2)  citi- 
^AppCiLants.zenslliP>  (3)  age;  (4)  place  Of  birth;  (5)  health  and 
'physical  capacity  for  the  public  service;  (6)  previous  em- 
ployment in  the  public  service;  (7)  business  or  employ- 
ment and  residence  for  the  previous  five  years;  (8)  edu- 
cation. Such  other  information  shall  be  furnished  by  the 
applicant  as  may  reasonably  be  required  by  the  Board 
touching  the  applicant’s  fitness  for  the  public  service. 

Sec.  8.  [As  amended  by  Section  2,  Chapter  218, 
Laws  of  1897,  and  Section  4,  Chapter  547,  Laws  of 
1911.]  The  said  Board  shall  appoint  a chief  examiner 
whose  duty  it  shall  be,  under  its  direction,  to  superin- 
Examiner  tend  any  examinations  held  in  such  city  under  this  act, 
and  ex-officio  and  who  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  the  board 
Secretary.  shall  prescribe.  Such  chief  examiner  shall  be  ex-Officio 
Secretary  of  the  Board,  and  under  the  direction  of  such 
Board  he,  as  such  Secretary,  shall  keep  and  record  min- 
utes of  its  proceedings,  preserve  all  reports  made  to  it, 
keep  a record  of  all  examinations  held  under  its  direc- 
tion, and  perform  such  other  duties  as  the  Board  may 
from  time  to  time  prescribe.  The  salary  of  such  chief 
examiner  may  be  fixed  by  the  Board  of  City  Service  Com- 
missioners, to  be  approved  by  the  Common  Council,  pro- 
vided that  such  salary  shall  not  be  less  than  fifteen  hun- 
dred dollars  per  annum,  which  shall  be  paid  monthly  by 
the  City  Treasurer  on  the  certificate  of  the  president  of 
said  Board,  countersigned  by  the  City  Comptroller.  He 
shall  be  subject  to  removal  at  any  time  by  said  Board. 
The  said  Board  may  also  incur  such  expenses  for  clerk 
hire,  printing,  stationery,  and  other  incidental  matters 
as  it  shall  deem  necessary;  provided,  however,  that  the 
CHPe  service  total  amount  of  all  expenditures  by  it  incurred  during 
Office.  ervice  any  year,  including  the  compensation  of  the  chief  ex- 
aminer, clerks,  and  other  employees,  shall  not  exceed  the 
amount  of  the  special  fund  herein  provided  and  known 
as  the  “City  Civil  Service  fund.” 

Sec.  8a.  [Section  3,  Chapter  218,  of  the  Laws  of 
1897,  as  amended  by  Section  1,  of  Chapter  95,  Laws 
1911.]  From  and  after  the  passage  and  publication  of 
this  act,  the  Common  Council  shall  levy  and  collect  an- 
nually upon  all  taxable  property  of  the  said  city,  at  the 


same  time  and  in  the  same  manner  as  other  city  taxes 
are  levied  and  collected  by  law,  a tax  not  exceeding 
seventeen  one  thousandths  of  a mill  upon  each  dollar  of 
the  assessed  value  of  said  taxable  property,  the  amountCity  civil 
of  which  shall  be  determined  by  said  Board  of  City  Serv-Service 
ice  Commissioners,  and  certified  by  it  to  the  CommonFund* 

Council  and  to  the  City  Comptroller,  within  ten  days  af- 
ter the  passage  and  publication  of  this  Act,  and  there- 
after before  the  twentieth  day  of  January  in  each  year, 
and  the  entire  amount  of  such  tax  shall  constitute  a sep- 
arate and  distinct  fund  to  be  known  as  the  “City  Civil 
Service  fund,”  and  shall  not  be  used  or  appropriated, 
directly  or  indirectly,  for  any  other  purpose  than  paying 
the  salaries  of  the  chief  examiner,  clerks  and  employees 
of  said  Board,  and  the  other  necessary  expenses  of  card- 
ing out  the  purposes  of  this  Act.  All  disbursements  on 
account  of  such  City  Civil  Service  fund,  except  for  the 
salary  of  the  chief  examiner,  shall  be  f>aid  by  the  City 
Treasurer  on  the  orders  of  the  President  and  Secretary 
of  the  Board,  countersigned  by  the  City  Comptroller. 

Sec.  8b.  [Section  2,  Chapter  95,  Laws  1911.]  All 
acts  or  parts  of  acts  contravening  any  of  the  provisions 
of  this  act  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  9.  The  Board  shall  control  all  examinations, 
and  may,  whenever  an  examination  is  to  take  place, 
designate  a suitable  number  of  persons,  either  in  or  not 
in  the  official  service  of  the  city,  to  be  examiners,  and  itConduct  f 
shall  be  the  duty  of  such  examiners,  and,  if  in  the  serv-Examinations. 
ice  of  the  city,  it  shall  be  a part  of  their  official  duty 
without  extra  compensation,  to  conduct  examinations  as 
the  Board  may  direct,  and  make  return  or  report  thereof 
to  such  Board;  and  the  Board  may,  at  any  time,  substi- 
ture  any  other  person,  whether  or  not  in  such  service,  in 
the  place  of  any  one  so  selected;  and  the  Board  may 
themselves,  at  any  time,  act  as  such  examiners,  and 
without  appointing  examiners.  The  examiners,  at  anyExamjners 
examination,  shall  not  all  be  members  of  the  same  politi-Not  to  be  of 
cal  party,  and  no  person  shall  serve  in  an  examination  of®a“e. 
candidates  for  office  under  the  provisions  of  this  act  inpjj^y®® 
case  of  a relative  or  connection  by  marriage  within  the 
degree  of  first  cousin. 

Sec.  10.  [As  amended  by  Section  4,  Chapter  218, 
of  1897.]  Notice  of  the  time,  place  and  general  scope  of 
every  examination  shall  be  given  by  the  board  by  publica- 
tion at  least  four  times  on  alternate  days,  beginning  at  , 

least  ten  days  before  the  date  of  such  examination,  in  Examinations, 
one  or  more  daily  newspapers  of  general  circulation  pub-  J 
lished  in  such  city,  and  such  notice  shall  also  be  posted 
by  said  board  in  a conspicuous  place  in  its  office  at  least 
ten  days  before  such  examination.  Such  further  notice 
of  examinations  may  be  given  as  the  board  shall  pre- 
scribe. 


Eligible  Lists 
to  be 
Prepared. 


Immediate 
Notice  in 
Writing  of 
Changes  in 
Service. 


Creation  or 
Abolishment 
of  Office,  or 
Place,  to  be 
Reported 
Immediately. 


Vacancies  to 
be  Reported. 


Certifications. 


Temporary 

Appointments. 


Sec.  -.11.  From  the  returns  or  reports  of  the  ex- 
aminers, or  from  the  examinations  made  by  the  Board, 
the  Board  shall  prepare  and  keep  a register  for  each 
grade  or  class  of  position  in  the  service  of  such  city,  of 
the  persons  whose  general  average  standing  upon  ex- 
amination for  such  grade  or  class  is  not  less  than  the 
minimum  fixed  by  the  rules  of  such  Board,  and  who  are 
otherwise  eligible,  and  such  persons  shall  take  rank  upon 
the  register  as  candidates  in  the  order  of  their  relative 
excellence  as  determined  by  examination,  without  refer- 
ence to  priority  of  time  of  examination. 

Sec.  12.  [As  amended  by  Section  5,  Chapter  218, 
Laws  of  1897,  and  Section  5,  Chapter  547,  Laws  of 
1911.]  Immediate  notice  in  writing  shall  be  given  by 
the  appointing  power  to  said  Board  of  City  Service  Com- 
missioners of  all  appointments,  permanent  or  temporary, 
made  pursuant  to  this  act  and  the  rules  made  and  estab- 
lished under  the  same,  in  those  branches  or  departments 
of  the  Civil  Service  of  such  city  which  are  subject  to  this 
act  and  the  rules  of  said  Board,  and  of  all  transfers,  pro- 
motions, resignations,  other  changes  or  vacancies  from 
any  cause  in  such  branches  or  department  of  the  city  serv- 
ice, and  of  the  date  thereof,  and  a record  of  the  same 
shall  be  kept  by  said  Board.  When  any  office  or  place 
of  employment,  subject  to  such  rules,  is  created  or  abol- 
ished, or  the  compensation  attached  thereto  is  altered, 
the  officer  or  Board  making  such  change  shall  immedi- 
ately report  the  same  in  writing  to  said  Board  of  Com- 
missioners. Notice  shall  be  given  in  writing  by  the 
appointing  officer  to  the  City  Service  Commission  of  the 
existence  of  any  vacancy  or  vacancies  in  any  office  or 
employment  in  the  competitive  class  under  the  provisions 
of  this  act,  and  within  ten  days  after  the  receipt  of  such 
notice  the  Commission  shall  certify  from  the  list  of 
eligibles  appropriate  for  the  group  in  which  the  position 
to  be  filled  is  classified  the  three  names  and  addresses  of 
the  candidates  standing  highest  thereon  which  have  not 
been  certified  three  times  to  the  department  or  office  in 
which  the  vacancy  exists.  Whenever  eligibles  are  certi- 
fied, they  must  always  be  those  candidates  who  have  been 
graded  the  highest  in  the  examination  held  in  pursuance 
with  this  act  and  the  rules  made  in  accordance  therewith. 
In  every  case,  after  a name  has  been  certified  three  times, 
it  may  be  dropped  from  the  list  by  the  commission,  but 
certifications  for  temporary  appointments  shall  not  be 
counted  as  one  of  such  certifications.  The  head  of  any 
department  or  office  may,  with  the  approval  of  the  Com- 
missioners, make  temporary  appointments  to  remain  in 
force  not  exceeding  thirty  days,  or  until  regular  appoint- 
ment under  the  provisions  of  this  act  can  be  made.  It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  appointing  officer  to  appoint  on 
probation,  with  sole  reference  to  merit  and  fitness,  one 
of  the  said  candidates  whose  name  shall  have  been  certi- 
fied in  the  above  manner  set  forth  to  fill  such  vacancy 
unless  objection  shall  be  made  to  one  or  more  of  the  per- 
sons certified,  for  any  of  the  reasons  stated  on  the  rules; 

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provided,  however,  that  the  provisions  of  this  section 
may  be  altered  by  the  Commission  when  the  office  or  em- 
ployment comes  within  those  where,  by  the  rules,  com-probatlon- 
petitive  examinations  are  not  required.  The  Commission 
shall  make  rules  for  the  procedure  in  such  cases. 

Sec.  12a.  [Section  6,  Chapter  547,  Laws  1911.] 

There  is  hereby  created  a new  division  of  the  classified 
service  to  be  known  as  the  special  expert  class.  ExceptSpecial 
where  such  positions  shall  be  classified,  exempt,  or  non-Expert  Class, 
competitive,  the  Board  of  City  Service  Commissioner^ 
shall  place  in  this  class  all  positions  of  a technical,  scien- 
tific, or  professional  character,  together  with  all  posi- 
tions where  the  qualifications  are  peculiar  to  the  service 
in  any  department  of  the  city  government,  and  may  in 
addition  thereto  temporarily  classify  as  of  the  special  ex- 
pert class  positions  where  the  service  is  new  and  experi- 
mental in  character. 

2.  The  provisions  of  the  City  Civil  Service  act  now 
governing  selections,  appointments,  promotions,  rein- 
statements, removals,  and  transfers  shall  apply  to  the 
special  expert  class,  except  as  may  be  otherwise  provided 
in  this  section. 

3.  For  the  filling  of  positions  in  the  special  expert 
class  the  appointing  officer  shall  be  free  to  suggest  names 
of  persons  for  consideration  in  examination  together  with 
all  other  applicants  and  all  other  persons  whose  names 
have  been  suggested  to  the  Board  of  City  Service  Com- 
missioners, and  the  Board  shall  inquire  into  the  fitness  of 
persons  so  nominated  and  may  notify  such  persons  and 
any  other  suitable  person  to  participate  in  the  examina- 
tion. 

4.  Previous  to  an  examination  to  fill  a position  in 
the  special  expert  class,  the  Board  of  City  Service  Com- 
missioners may  provide  in  its  published  announcement 
that  the  resulting  eligible  list  shall  expire  as  soon  as  an 
appointment  has  been  made  therefrom,  providing  the  ap- 
pointing officer  so  desires.  When  an  appointing  officer 
makes  objection  in  writing  to  names  of  persons  in  the 
special  expert  class,  certified  from  an  eligible  list,  not 
especially  appropriated  for  the  position  or  group  of  posi- 
tions in  question,  such  certification  shall  be  invalid. 

5.  The  appointing  officer  shall  in  all  cases  be  con- 
sulted as  to  qualifications  and  requirements,  examination 
standards,  and  procedure  for  filling  positions  in  the  spe- 
cial expert  class. 

6.  In  filling  positions  in  the  special  expert  class  the 
Board  of  City  Service  Commissioners  shall  select  a board 
of  one  or  more  experts  to  conduct  the  examination  when 
requested  in  writing  to  do  so  by  an  appointing  officer. 

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7.  Whenever  the  Board  of  City  Service  Commission- 
ers or  the  officer  having  the  power  of  appointment  shall 
Special  deem  it  advisable  in  the  interests  of  the  service,  no  quali- 
Expert  Class  fications  as  to  residence  or  citizenship  shall  be  imposed 
General  Re0-111  in  tlle  examination  for  a position  in  the  special  expert 
quirements.  class.  Any  restrictions  contained  in  any  law,  or  in  any 
charter  of  any  city  of  the  first  class  inconsistent  with  this 
provision  shall  not  be  applicable  in  such  case. 


Sec.  13.  Said  Board  of  Commissioners  shall,  on  or 
before  the  15th  day  of  March  in  each  year,  make  to  the 
Mayor  for  transmission  to  the  City  Counsel,  a report 
showing  its  own  action,  the  rules  in  force,  the  practical 
effects  thereof,  and  any  suggestions  it  may  approve  for 
the  more  effectual  accomplishment  of  the  purposes  of 
this  act.  The  Mayor  may  require  a report  from  said 
Board  at  any  other  time. 


Rooms  and 
Funds  for 
Board. 


Sec.  14.  All  officers  of  any  such  city  shall  aid  said 
Board  in  all  proper  ways  in  carrying  out  the  provisions 
of  this  act,  and,  at  any  place  where  examinations  are  to 
be  held,  shall  allow  the  reasonable  use  of  the  public 
buildings  for  holding  such  examinations.  The  Mayor  of 
each  city  shall  cause  suitable  rooms  to  be  provided  for 
said  Board  at  the  expense  of  such  city;  and  a sufficient 
sum  of  money  shall  be  appropriated  each  year  by  each 
city  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  act  in  such  city. 


Secret 
Information 
and  False 
Marking 
Prohibited. 


Sec.  15.  No  person  or  officer  shall  willfully  and  cor- 
ruptly, by  himself  or  in  co-operation  with  one  or  more 
other  persons,  defeat,  deceive  or  obstruct  any  person  in 
respect  to  his  or  her  right  of  examination,  or  corruptly 
or  falsely  mark,  grade,  estimate  or  report  upon  the  exam- 
ination or  proper  standing  of  any  person  examined  here- 
under, or  aid  in  so  doing  or  willfully  or  corruptly  make 
any  false  representations  concerning  the  same  or  con- 
cerning the  person  examined,  or  willfully  or  corruptly 
furnish  to  any  person  any  special  or  secret  information 
for  the  purpose  either  of  improving  or  injuring  the  pros- 
pects or  chances  of  any  person  so  examined,  or  to  be  ex- 
amined, being  appointed,  employed  or  promoted. 


Sec.  16.  [As  amended  by  Section  6,  Chapter  218, 
Claims  for  of  1897.]  No  comptroller  or  accounting  or  auditing 
Services  Not  officer  of  such  city  shall  allow  the  claim  for  services  of 
to  be  ^Allowed any  pers0n  employed  in  the  public  service  in  violation 
troiier^np"  of  the  provisions  of  this  act  or  of  the  rules  made  and 
established  by  the  board  of  city  service  commissioners 
pursuant  to  this  act. 


Sec.  17.  The  Board  of  City  Service  Commissioners 
shall  certify  to  the  Comptroller  all  appointments  to  offices 
Ail  Changes  and  places  in  the  civil  service  of  the  city,  subject  to  their 
in  Service  to  rules,  and  all  vacancies  occurring  therein,  whether  by 
to  Com1^e<i  dismissal,  resignation  or  death.  No  Comptroller  of  any 
troiie°rmp  such  city  shall  approve  the  payment  of  or  be  in  any  man- 
ner concerned  in  paying  any  salary  or  wages  to  any  per- 
son, subject  to  such  rules,  for  services  as  an  officer  or 


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employee  of  such  city,  before  the  appointment  of  such 
person  to  the  city  service  has  been  certified  by  the  BoardRe^onsible 
to  the  Comptroller,  nor  after  the  vacation  of  such  per-for 
son’s  office  or  employment  shall  have  been  so  certified.  Payments. 

Sec.  18.  No  Paymaster,  Treasurer  or  other  officer  or 
agent  of  such  city  shall  willfully  pay,  or  be  in  any  man- 
ner concerned  in  paying  any  person  subject  to  the  rulesNo  Payments 
adopted  by  said  Commissioners  under  this  act,  any  salary  unless  A11°Wed 
or  wages  for  services  as  an  officer  or  employee  of  suchAppointments 
city,  before  the  appointment  of  such  person  to  the  civil cer^ifi^eeby 
service  of  such  city  has  been  certified  by  the  Board  toBoard. 
the  Comptroller,  nor  after  the  vacation  of  such  person’s 
office  or  employment  shall  have  been  so  certified. 

Sec.  19.  Any  person  who  shall  willfully,  or  through 
culpable  negligence,  violate  any  provision  of  this  act  or 
any  rule  promulgated  in  accordance  with  the  provisionswiiiful 
thereof,  shall  be  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  shall,  on^laA°tnaof 
conviction  thereof,  be  punished  by  a fine  of  not  less  than  Misdemeanor 
fifty  dollars  and  not  exceeding  one  thousand  dollars,  orPunishable 
by  imprisonment  in  the  county  jail  for  a term  not  exceed-p^iso^ient 
ing  six  months,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment  in 
the  discretion  of  the  court. 

Office  of 

Sec.  20.  If  any  person  shall  be  convicted  under  theconvicted 
next  preceding  section,  any  public  office  which  such  Per_KenSdered 
son  may  hold  shall,  by  force  of  such  conviction,  be  ren-yacant. 

dered  vacant,  and  such  person  shall  be  incapable  of  hold-2onvicted 

Person 

ing  office  for  the  period  of  five  years  from  the  date  ofincapabie  0f 
SUCh  conviction.  Holding 

Office  for 

Sec.  21.  Prosecutions  for  violations  of  this  act  may 
be  instituted  either  by  the  Attorney-General,  the  state’s 
attorney  for  the  county  in  which  the  offense  is  alleged 
to  have  been  committed,  or  by  the  Board  acting  through 
special  counsel.  Such  prosecutions  shall  be  conductedBro®ecut^ons 
and  controlled  by  the  prosecuting  officers  who  institute by  oar  ' 
them,  unless  they  request  the  aid  of  other  prosecuting 
officers. 

Sec.  22.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts,  including  all  pro-city  Charter 
visions  of  any  city  charter,  so  far  as  they  conflict  or  areNot  to  Con- 
inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  are  iiere^yg1e^tvi^t\^lty 
repealed. 

[Additional  i>ro visions  are  contained  in  the  following 

Sections  of  said  Chapter  218  of  the  Laws  of  1897, 

to- wit : ] 

Sec.  7.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  board  of  city 
service  commissioners  appointed  under  and  in  pursuance 
of  the  provisions  of  said  chapter  313,  of  the  laws  of 
1895,  to  investigate  the  enforcement  of  said  act  and  of 
its  rules,  adopted  in  accordance  with  its  provisions  to 


investigations 
by  Commis- 
sioners. 


Witnesses 
May  Be 
Subpoenaed. 


Witnesses 
Under  Oath 
May  Be 
Guilty  of 
Perjury. 


Reward  or 
Punishment 
for  Political 
Services 
Prohibited. 


carry  out  the  purposes  of  said  act  and  the  action  of  the 
examiners  in  said  act  provided  for,  and  the  conduct  and 
action  of  the  appointees  in  the  official  service  in  its  city, 
and  may  inquire  as  to  the  nature,  tenure  and  compensa- 
tion of  all  offices  and  places  in  the  public  service  thereof. 
In  the  course  of  such  investigation  each  commissioner 
shall  have  power  to  administer  oaths,  and  said  Board 
shall  have  power  to  secure  by  its  subpoena  both  the 
attendance  and  testimony  of  witnesses  and  the  pro- 
duction of  books  and  papers  relevant  to  such  investiga- 
tion. 

Sec.  8.  Any  person  who  shall  be  served  with  a sub- 
poena to  appear  and  testify,  or  to  produce  books  and 
papers,  issued  by  the  board  of  city  service  commissioners 
in  the  course  of  any  investigation  conducted  under  the 
provisions  of  section  6 [7],  of  this  act,  and  who  shall 
refuse  or  neglect  to  appear  and  testify  or  to  produce 
books  and  papers  relevant  to  such  investigation,  as  com- 
manded in  such  subpoena,  shall  be  guilty  of  a misde- 
meanor, and  shall  on  conviction  be  punished  by  a fine  or 
imprisonment  or  both  in  the  discretion  of  the  court,  as 
provided  in  and  by  section  19,  of  the  said  act  hereby 
amended.  The  fees  of  witnesses  for  attendance  and  travel 
shall  be  the  same  as  the  fees  of  witnesses  before  the  cir- 
cuit courts  of  this  state,  and  shall  be  paid  from  the  appro- 
priation for  the  expenses  of  the  board.  Any  circuit  court 
of  this  state  or  any  judge  thereof,  whether  in  term  time 
or  vacation,  upon  application  of  the  board,  may  compel 
the  attendance  of  witnesses,  the  production  of  books  and 
papers  and  giving  of  testimony  before  the  board  by  at- 
tachment for  contempt  or  otherwise,  in  the  same  manner, 
as  the  production  of  evidence  may  be  compelled  before 
said  court.  Every  person,  who  having  taken  an  oath  or 
made  affirmation  before  a commissioner  in  the  course 
of  such  an  investigation,  shall  swear  or  affirm  willfully, 
corruptly  and  falsely,  shall  be  guilty  of  perjury,  and  upon 
conviction  shall  be  punished  accordingly. 

Sec.  9.  No  officer  or  employee  of  such  city  shall  dis- 
charge, or  degrade,  or  promote,  or  in  any  manner  change 
the  official  rank  or  compensation  of  any  other  officer  or 
employee,  or  promise  or  threaten  to  do  so,  for  giving  or 
withholding  any  contribution  of  money  or  other  valuable 
thing  for  any  party  or  political  purpose,  or  for  refusal 
or  neglect  to  render  any  party  or  political  service. 


Sec.  10.  No  applicant  for  appointment  in  such  official 
service,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  shall  pay  or  promise 
Payments  for  to  pay  any  money  or  other  valuable  thing  to  any  person 
Appointments  whomsoever,  for  or  on  account  of  his  appointment  or 
tioimr0in0  proposed  appointment,  and  no  officer  or  employee  shall 
Prohibited.  pay  or  promise  to  pay,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  to  any 
person  any  money  or  other  valuable  thing  whatever  for 
or  on  account  of  his  promotion. 

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Sec.  11.  No  person  while  holding  any  office  in  the 
government  of  such  city,  or  any  nomination  for,  or  while 
seeking  a nomination  for  or  appointment  to,  any  such 
office,  shall  corruptly  use,  or  promise  to  use,  either  di-0fficial 
rectly  or  indirectly,  any  official  authority  or  influence  inAuthority  or 
the  way  of  conferring  upon  any  person,  or  in  order  to^^ence  for 
secure  or  aid  any  person  in  securing,  any  office  or  publicpurp0Ses 
employment  or  any  nomination,  confirmation,  promotionProhibited. 
or  increase  of  salary,  upon  the  consideration  or  condi- 
tion that  the  vote  or  political  influence  or  action  of  the 
last  named  person  or  any  other  shall  be  given  or  used 
in  behalf  of  any  candidate,  officer  or  party,  or  upon 
any  other  corrupt  condition  or  consideration. 

Sec.  12.  Any  acts  and  parts  of  acts  conflicting  with 
the  provisions  hereof  are  hereby  repealed. 


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CIVIL  SERVICE 
RULES 

OF  THE 


CITY  OF  MILWAUKEE 


CIVIL  SERVICE  RULES 


(Subject  to  change  by  the  Board  of  City  Service  Commissioners 
upon  approval  by  the  Mayor.) 


RULE  I. 


Definition  of  Terms. 

The  several  terms  hereinafter  mentioned  whenever  used 
in  these  rules  or  in  any  regulations  in  force  thereunder  shall 
be  construed  as  follows: 

1.  The  “city  service  of  the  city  of  Milwaukee,”  which 
may  be  designated  for  convenient  reference  “city  service,”  in- 
cludes all  offices  and  positions  of  trust  or  employment  in  the 
service  of  the  city  of  whatever  function,  designation  or  com- 
pensation. 

2.  The  term  “unclassified  service”  refers  to  those  posi- 
tions specifically  mentioned  in  section  6 of  the  civil  service 
law  as  exempt  from  the  provisions  of  the  civil  service  law. 

3.  The  term  “classified  service”  refers  to  that  portion  of 
the  city  service  that  is  arranged  in  classes  under  these  rules, 
and  includes  all  of  such  offices  and  positions,  except  those  in- 
cluded in  the  unclassified  service  as  defined  above. 

4.  The  term  “class”  refers  to  the  competitive  class,  the 
special  expert  class,  or  the  common  labor  class,  as  defined  in 
the  civil  service  law  and  these  rules. 

5.  The  term  “classification”  refers  to  the  arrangement 
in  schedule  form  of  the  titles,  offices  and  positions  in  the  sev- 
eral classes,  divisions  and  grades  which  is  embodied  in  Rule 
III. 


6.  The  term  “Commission”  when  used  by  itself  refers  to 
the  Board  of  City  Service  Commissioners. 

7.  The  term  “appointing  officer”  refers  to  the  officer, 
commission,  board  or  body  having  the  power  of  appointment 
to  subordinate  offices  or  positions  in  any  municipal  depart- 
ment, office,  board,  court  or  institution. 

8.  The  term  “position”  when  used  by  itself  refers  to 
any  office,  position  or  employment  in  the  city  service. 

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RULE  II. 


The  Unclassified  Service. 

Section  1.  The  unclassified  service  includes  the  following 
positions: 

a.  Officials  elected  by  the  people — 

Mayor. 

Thirty-seven  Aldermen. 

City  Attorney. 

Comptroller. 

City  Treasurer. 

Judge  of  Municipal  Court. 

Judge  of  District  Court. 

Clerk  of  Courts. 

b.  Officials  elected  by  the  Common  Council — 

City  Clerk. 

c.  Inspectors  and  Clerks  of  Election. 

d.  Superintendents  and  Teachers  of  Schools. 

e.  Board  of  School  Directors. 

f.  Heads  of  Principal  Departments — 

Chief  Examiner — Board  of  Examiners  of  Station- 
ary Engineers. 

Commissioner  of  Health. 

Commissioner  of  Public  Works. 

Director  of  Municipal  Research. 

Inspector  of  Buildings. 

Sealer  of  Weights  and  Measures. 

Smoke  Inspector. 

Tax  Commissioner. 

Water  Registrar. 

g.  Members  of  Law  Department. 

First  Assistant  City  Attorney. 

Four  Assistant  City  Attorneys. 

h.  Members  of  Fire  Department. 

i.  Members  of  Police  Department. 

j.  Officers  and  Clerks  entrusted  with  the  handling  of 

money  for  which  their  superior  officer  is  re- 
quired to  give  bond. 

k.  Clerk  of  the  Mayor. 

l.  Officials  specifically  exempted — 

Deputy  Commissioner  of  Public  Works. 

Secretary  of  Sewerage  Commission. 

Sec.  2.  Appointments  to  positions  in  the  unclassified 
service  may  be  made  without  examination. 

Sec.  3.  All  positions  not  specifically  mentioned  or  de- 
scribed in  these  rules  or  in  the  civil  service  law  as  in  the 


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unclassified  service,  shall  be  deemed  to  be  in  the  classified 
service. 

Sec.  4.  Where  positions  are  specifically  named  not  more 
than  one  appointment  shall  be  made  to  or  under  the  title  of 
any  office  or  position  in  the  unclassified  service,  unless  a dif- 
ferent number  is  specifically  mentioned  in  the  schedule  of  un- 
classified positions  as  given  in  section  1 of  this  rule. 

RULE  III. 

Classification. 

Section  1.  All  officers  and  places  of  employment  in  the 
city  of  Milwaukee,  except  those  exempted  by  law  from  the 
provisions  of  the  city  civil  service  act,  shall  be  classified  into 
the  following  classes  and  grades.  Said  offices  and  places  of 
employment  shall  be  placed  into  classes  according  to  the  gen- 
eral line  and  character  of  the  work  involved  in  the  respective 
duties  thereof.  Within  each  class  there  are  established  grades, 
each  grade  comprising  offices  and  places  having  duties  of  sub- 
stantially similar  authority,  importance  and  responsibility. 

Sec.  2.  The  classes  and  grades  within  classes  in  the  classi- 
fied service  shall  be  as  given  in  sections  3 to  11  of  this  rule. 

Sec.  3.  Class  A.  Medical  Service.  Positions,  the  duties 
of  which  require  training  and  ability  in  the  medical  profession 
or  some  branch  thereof. 

Grade  I.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  require  some 
skill  and  accuracy  and  a general  training,  but  not 
necessarily  much  practical  experience. 

Grade  II.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  require  train- 
ing, experience  and  ability,  involving  fixed  responsi- 
bility, but  not  supervisory. 

Grade  III.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  are  supervisory, 
involving  independent  judgment  and  accountability  for 
the  work  of  others.  All  positions,  the  duties  of  which 
require  a high  order  of  specialized  knowledge,  but  not 
necessarily  supervisory. 

Grade  IV.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  are  supervisory, 
involving  accountability  for  the  whole  or  part  of  a prin- 
cipal branch  of  a department.  Also  positions  which 
require  a high  order  of  specialized  knowledge  and  pro- 
fessional ability,  but  not  necessarily  supervisory. 

Sec.  4.  Class  B.  Engineering  Service.  Positions,  the 
duties  of  which  require  training  and  ability  in  civil,  mechan- 
ical, electrical  or  chemical  engineering,  architecture,  or  re- 
lated technical  work. 

Grade  I.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  require  some 
skill  and  accuracy  and  a general  training,  but  not 
necessarily  much  practical  experience. 

Grade  II.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  require  training, 
experience  and  ability,  involving  fixed  responsibility; 
may  or  may  not  be  supervisory. 

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Grade  III.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  are  supervisory, 
involving  independent  judgment  and  accountability  for 
the  work  of  others  and  for  a definite  part  of  an  en- 
gineering work.  Also  positions  requiring  a high  order 
of  specialized  knowledge  and  professional  ability,  but 
not  necessarily  supervisory. 

Grade  IV.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  are  administra- 
tive, requiring  special  qualifications  and  recognized 
expert  knowledge. 

Grade  V.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  are  executive  and 
administrative,  involving  entire  responsibility  for  an 
important  department  or  bureau,  either  independently 
or  directly  under  the  head  or  heads  of  such  department 
or  bureau. 

Sec.  5.  Class  C.  Clerical  Service.  Positions  of  persons 
rendering  clerical  service  or  service  in  connection  with  general 
office  wrork  or  management  which  does  not  require  knowledge 
of  any  of  the  specialties  included  in  other  classes. 

Grade  I.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  are  of  general 
routine. 

Grade  II.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  require  skill  and 
accuracy  and  some  experience,  involving  routine  work. 

Grade  III.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  require  train- 
ing, experience  and  ability,  involving  fixed  responsi- 
bility; may  or  may  not  be  supervisory. 

Grade  IV.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  are  supervisory, 
involving  independent  judgment  and  accountability  for 
the  work  of  others. 

Grade  V.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  are  administra- 
tive, requiring  special  qualifications  and  involving  re- 
sponsibility for  clerical  work  of  an  entire  department, 
under  the  direction  of  the  head  thereof,  or  for  the  work 
of  a division  or  minor  bureau  of  such  department,  also 
positions,  the  duties  of  which  are  supervisory,  requir- 
ing recognized  expert  knowledge  and  experience  and 
ability. 

Sec.  6.  Class  D.  Operating  Engineering  Service.  Posi- 
tions, the  duties  of  which  require  training  and  ability  in  the 
operation  or  maintenance  of  equipment  for  the  production  of 
heat,  light  or  power,  or  in  work  relating  thereto. 

Grade  I.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  require  some 
knowledge  of  operating  engineering  but  do  not  involve 
full  responsibility  for  any  part  of  a plant  or  station. 

Grade  II.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  require  training 
and  ability  in  operating  engineering  and  involve  fixed 
responsibility. 

Grade  III.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  require  recog- 
nized ability  in  operating  engineering  and  involve  re- 
sponsibility for  an  entire  plant  or  station. 

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Grade  IV.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  involve  super- 
vision over  a number  of  stations  and  plants,  but  not  ex- 
clusive responsibility  for  their  operation. 

Grade  V.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  are  executive  and 
administrative  and  involve  full  responsibility  for  a 
number  of  plants  and  stations. 

Sec.  7.  Class  E.  Inspection  Service.  Positions,  the  duties 
of  which  relate  to  inspection  (whether  of  work,  materials  or 
conditions),  which  do  not  require  knowledge  of  any  of  the 
specialties  included  in  other  classes. 

Grade  I.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  involve  the  ob- 
servation of  conditions,  and  require  skill  and  experi- 
ence, but  no  specialized  knowledge.  Also  positions  of 
assistants  or  helpers  to  inspectors  in  Grades  II  and  III. 

Grade  II.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  involve  the  exer- 
cise of  independent  judgment  in  passing  on  the  quality 
of  materials,  workmanship  or  special  conditions,  and 
require  skill,  experience  and  specialized  knowledge. 

Grade  III.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  involve  the  ex- 
ercise of  independent  judgment  in  the  inspection  and 
supervision  of  operations,  activities  or  conditions,  and 
require  a technical  knowledge  of  the  principles  of 
design  and  construction  underlying  the  same,  as  well 
as  training,  skill  and  experience. 

Grade  IV.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  are  supervisory, 
involving  complete  charge  of  an  entire  line  of  inspec- 
tion work. 

Sec.  8.  Class  F.  Supervising  Service.  Positions,  the  duties 
of  which  are  chiefly  supervisory,  involving  accountability  for 
the  maintenance  of  public  property,  for  the  work  of  public 
employees,  or  for  the  custody  of  public  charges,  but  not  re- 
quiring knowledge  in  any  of  the  specialties  included  in  other 
classes. 

Grade  I.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  include  the  care 
of  public  property  or  of  public  charges  involving  a fixed 
responsibility,  but  not  necessarily  the  exercise  of  inde- 
pendent judgment. 

Grade  II.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  are  supervisory, 
involving  accountability  for  the  work  of  persons  in 
Grade  I positions,  or  for  the  care  or  custody  of  public 
property,  or  public  charges,  and  requiring  the  exercise 
of  independent  judgment,  also  positions  of  principal 
assistant  to  persons  in  Grade  III  positions. 

Grade  III.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  involve  account- 
ability for  public  employees  in  a specialized  division  of 
work  or  in  a given  territorial  district,  or  for  the  care 
and  custody  of  public  property. 

Grade  IV.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  are  administra- 
tive, involving  responsibility  for  an  entire  department, 
either  independently  or  directly  under  the  head  or 
heads  of  such  department,  or  for  an  important  bureau. 

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Sec.  9,  Class  G.  Library  Service.  Positions  connected 
with  the  administration  of  public  libraries,  and  requiring 
training  and  ability  in  library  methods. 

Sec.  10.  Class  H.  Skilled  Labor  Service.  Positions  re- 
quiring knowledge  of  a trade,  craft  or  useful  art,  or  requiring 
special  manual  or  mechanical  skill,  or  involving  the  supervi- 
sion of  skilled  or  unskilled  laborers,  and  not  included  in  other 
classes. 

The  compensation  for  the  performance  of  the  duties  of 
positions  in  any  grade  of  the  skilled  labor  service  shall 
be  uniform  for  similar  character  and  responsibility  of  . 
work. 

Grade  I.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  require  ability 
in  a trade,  craft  or  useful  art,  but  do  not  necessarily 
involve  the  exercise  of  independent  judgment. 

Grade  II.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  require  the  ex- 
ercise of  independent  judgment  in  the  practice  or  pur- 
suit of  a trade,  craft  or  useful  art,  requiring  special 
manual  or  mechanical  skill,  but  not  regularly  involv- 
ing the  supervision  of  work  of  more  than  one  helper  or 
assistant. 

Grade  III.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  are  administra- 
tive, requiring  special  qualifications  and  involving  re- 
sponsibility for  the  work  of  one  or  more  gangs  or  crews 
of  skilled  or  unskilled  laborers,  or  for  the  work  of  an 
entire  division.  Also  positions,  the  duties  of  which  re- 
quire a high  order  of  specialized  knowledge  and  ability 
in  a trade,  craft  or  useful  art,  but  not  necessarily  su- 
pervisory. 

Sec.  11.  Class  I.  Labor  Service.  Positions  of  persons 
rendering  labor  service,  specialized  or  general,  where  a choice 
of  competition  is  impracticable.  Grades  or  ranks  shall  not  be 
provided  or  recognized  in  this  service. 

The  compensation  for  the  performance  of  duties  of  posi- 
tions in  either  branch  of  the  labor  service  shall  be  uni- 
form for  similar  character  and  responsibility  of  work. 

Branch  a:  Positions  in  which  the  service  is  general  and 

common. 

Branch  b:  Positions  in  which  the  service  is  specialized. 

Sec.  12.  The  Commission  shall,  from  time  to  time,  by  an 
order  recorded  in  its  minutes,  specify  the  class  and  grades  in 
which  the  various  offices  and  places  of  employment  shall  be 
classified.  The  grade  of  an  officer  or  employee  shall  not  be 
changed  except  by  examination  under  these  rules.  Whenever 
the  duties  of  a position  classified  as  provided  in  the  foregoing 
sections  of  this  rule  are  changed  so  that  they  differ  substan- 
tially from  the  duties  prescribed  when  such  office  or  place 
was  originally  classified  and  from  the  duties  of  other  positions 
in  the  grade  with  it  as  so  classified,  such  change  of  duties 
shall  operate  to  abolish  such  position  and  to  create  a new 
position,  and  the  Commission  shall  classify  such  position  in 

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accordance  with  section  15  of  this  rule,  and  fill  the  same  by 
examination  and  certification  from  an  existing  eligible  list. 
A change  in  compensation  applying  to  all  positions  of  the 
same  grade  shall  not  affect  the  status  of  employees  in  such 
grading. 

Sec.  13.  Where  minimum  and  maximum  limits  of  com- 
pensation for  each  position  in  a single  division  and  grade  of 
service  are  prescribed,  such  compensation  limits  shall  be  pro- 
vided and  specified  by  groups  and  schedules.  Where  grades 
are  divided  into  salary  groups,  appointment  to  a position  in 
such  grades  for  either  original  or  promotion  registers  to  any 
one  department  shall  in  every  case  be  made  at  the  lowest  com- 
pensation. Advancement  shall  be  from  group  to  group  within 
a grade,  and  shall  be  made  on  the  basis  of  efficiency  and 
seniority  in  the  position  in  such  department,  provided  the 
duties  of  such  position  be  not  changed,  and  provided  further, 
that  service  by  actual  employment  in  the  group  from  which 
advancement  is  made  shall  cover  at  least  the  period  specified 
in  the  schedules  established  under  this  rule. 

Sec.  14.  Titles  in  the  classified  service  shall  be  as  nearly 
as  possible  descriptive  of  the  general  duties  attached  thereto 
and  indicative  of  the  grade,  and  shall  be  the  same  for  all 
positions  requiring  the  same  kind  of  service,  regardless  of  lo- 
cation of  employment.  Titles  so  prescribed  shall  not  be 
changed  except  by  order  of  the  Commission  upon  a statement 
in  writing  from  the  department  head  setting  forth  the  reasons 
why  such  changes  should  be  made.  Such  titles  shall  be  used 
to  designate  the  position  in  all  the  reports  to  and  records  of 
the  Commission,  and  on  all  pay  rolls  or  accounts  submitted  to 
the  Commission  for  certification. 

Section  15.  Whenever  any  new  position  is  created,  report 
of  such  action  shall  be  made  immediately  to  the  Commission 
by  the  department  head,  setting  forth  a statement  of  the  gen- 
eral duties  and  other  matters  affecting  the  character  and  grade 
of  such  position.  Upon  receipt  of  such  report  the  Commission 
shall  promptly  investigate  and  determine  whether  such  po- 
sition is,  in  fact,  new  and  has  been  created  properly.  No 
position  shall  be  considered  new  unless  the  duties  thereof  are 
found  by  the  Commission  to  be  substantially  different  from 
those  of  every  other  existing  position  in  the  classified  service. 
When  the  Commission  finds  the  position  to  be,  in  fact,  new  and 
properly  created,  it  shall,  by  a motion  to  amend  the  regula- 
tions, specify  the  class  and  grade  in  which  such  position  shall 
be  placed. 

Sec.  16.  No  officer  or  employee  holding  any  office  or  posi- 
tion in  the  city  service  on  January  1,  1914,  the  name  or  title 
of  which  has  been  changed  by  the  classification  of  positions 
made  in  accordance  with  sections  3 to  11,  inclusive,  of  this 
rule,  shall  by  reason  of  such  change  in  name  or  title  be  re- 
quired to  take  an  examination  for  such  office  or  position,  but 
he  shall  continue  to  perform  the  duties  of  such  office  or  posi- 
tion the  same  as  though  the  title  thereof  had  not  been  changed. 

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RULE  IV. 


Applications. 

Section  1.  No  person  shall  be  admitted  to  examination 
for  any  position  in  the  classified  service  who  is  not  a citizen 
of  the  United  States  and  who  has  not  been  a resident  of  the 
city  of  Milwaukee  for  thirty  days;  provided,  however,  that  in 
examinations  for  positions  requiring  technical,  professional  or 
scientific  knowledge  and  experience  or  manual  skill  of  a high 
order,  the  Commission  may  waive  this  rule  by  an  order  re- 
corded in  its  minutes;  and,  provided  further,  that  this  section 
shall  not  apply  to  officers  who  are  not  in  the  special  expert 
class.  Applicants  for  the  position  of  tax  assessor  shall  be 
residents  of  the  ward  for  which  they  are  to  be  appointed. 

Sec.  2.  Male  applicants  must  not  be  less  than  twenty-one 
years  of  age  and  female  applicants  not  less  than  eighteen 
years  of  age.  The  Commission  may,  however,  permit  persons 
of  sixteen  years  of  age  or  over  to  apply  for  employment  in 
the  lower  grade  clerical  positions,  such  as  office  attendant, 
messenger  or  page,  or  other  positions,  which  the  Commission 
may  from  time  to  time  include  by  order  entered  in  its  minutes 
and  by  stating  the  age  limits  prescribed  in  the  notice  of  ex- 
amination for  such  positions. 

Sec.  3.  Every  application  must  be  in  writing  in  the  form 
prescribed,  signed  by  the  applicant,  and  made  under  oath  or 
affirmation  before  an  officer  authorized  by  law  to  administer 
oaths.  All  applicants  must  furnish  with  their  applications 
satisfactory  proofs  that  they  are  persons  of  good  moral  char- 
acter, of  correct  and  orderly  deportment  and  of  temperate  and 
industrious  habits.  Applications  for  positions  in  Class  I,  Labor 
Service,  may  be  filled  out  by  a person  other  than  the  applicant 
and  signed  with  the  mark  of  the  applicant  duly  witnessed. 

Sec.  4.  In  case  of  applicants  for  positions  in  the  special 
expert  class,  or  for  positions  the  duties  of  which  require  special 
qualifications,  the  Commission  may  demand  evidence  of  a suf- 
ficient degree  of  education,  training  or  experience,  and  may 
demand  such  certificates  of  competency  or  licenses  as  the  laws 
and  ordinances  may  require  for  the  practice  of  the  profession, 
art  or  trade  involved. 

Sec.  5.  The  Commission  shall  by  regulation  fix  the  limits 
of  time  within  which  applications  for  a given  examination 
shall  be  presented,  but  such  period  shall  in  no  case  be  less 
than  two  weeks,  and  there  shall  be  not  less  than  five  days  be- 
tween the  last  day  for  the  presentation  of  applications  and 
the  date  of  examination.  A person  may  at  any  time  leave  on 
file  with  the  Commission  his  name'  and  postoffice  address  and 
the  name  of  the  position  for  which  he  wishes  to  take  an  ex- 
amination. Not  later  than  two  weeks  before  the  date  of  exam- 
ination the  Commission  shall  send  notice  to  all  persons  who 
have  filed  with  the  Commission  their  names  and  postoffice  ad- 
dresses for  the  particular  position  for  which  examination  is 
to  be  held.  Applications  for  positions  in  Class  I,  Labor  Service, 
may  be  received  at  any  time. 

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Sec.  6.  The  Commission  shall  suspend  any  application 
presented  within  the  prescribed  limits  but  found  to  be  defec- 
tive, and  shall  notify  the  applicant  of  the  particulars  in  which 
it  requires  correction.  The  Commission  shall  accept  such  ap- 
plication if  it  is  corrected  and  returned  five  days  before  the 
date  of  examination,  but  not  otherwise. 

Sec.  7.  Any  false  statement  knowingly  made  by  any  appli- 
cant in  his  application  for  admission  to  any  examination,  or 
made  at  his  request  or  with  his  knowledge,  in  any  certificate 
which  may  accompany  his  application  or  any  other  fraudulent 
conduct,  shall  be  regarded  as  good  cause  for  excluding  him 
from  such  examination  or  for  removing  his  name  from  any 
register  or  eligible  list. 

Sec.  8.  Proof  at  any  time  produced  to  the  Commission  of 
the  physical  disability  or  incapacity,  or  of  the  bad  character, 
dissolute  habits,  immoral  conduct  or  of  dismissal  for  good  cause 
from  the  public  service,  of  any  applicant  or  eligible  shall  be 
deemed  sufficient  cause  to  exclude  him  from  examination  or 
for  removal  from  an  eligible  register. 


RULE  V. 


Competitive  Examinations. 

Section  1.  Appointment  shall  be  made  to  or  employment 
shall  be  given  in  positions  in  the  competitive  class  and  the 
special  expert  class  that  are  not  filled  through  promotion, 
transfer,  reduction  or  re-instatement  by  selection  in  the  man- 
ner hereinafter  provided  from  among  those  persons  graded 
highest  on  the  most  nearly  appropriate  eligible  list  resulting 
from  open  competitive  examination,  except  as  provided  by 
Rule  IX. 

Sec.  2.  The  Commission  shall  hold  examination  for  ap- 
pointment to  positions  in  the  competitive  class  and  the  special 
expert  class,  and  shall  fix  the  dates  therefor  and  the  condi- 
tions thereof,  whenever  necessary  to  meet  or  to  anticipate  the 
needs  of  the  city  service. 

Sec.  3.  The  examinations  shall  be  practical  in  character 
and  shall  relate  to  such  matters  as  will  test  fairly  and  ade- 
quately the  relative  fitness  and  capacity  of  the  persons  to  be 
examined  for  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of  the  service  or  of 
the  positions  into  which  they  seek  to  enter. 

Sec.  4.  The  appointing  officer  shall  in  all  cases  be  con- 
sulted as  to  qualifications  and  requirements,  examination 
standards,  and  procedure  for  filling  positions  in  the  special 
expert  class. 

Sec.  5.  In  filling  positions  in  the  special  expert  class  the 
Commission  shall  select  a board  of  one  or  more  experts  to  con- 
duct the  examination  when  requested  in  writing  to  do  so  by  an 
appointing  officer.  The  Commission  may,  in  its  discretion,  fol- 
low the  same  procedure  in  the  conduct  of  examinations  for 
positions  in  the  competitive  class. 

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Sec.  6.  Notice  of  the  time,  place  and  general  scope  of 
every  examination  shall  be  given  by  the  board  by  publication 
at  least  four  times  on  alternate  days,  beginning  at  least  fifteen 
days  before  date  of  such  examination,  in  one  or  more  daily 
newspapers  of  general  circulation  published  in  the  city  of  Mil- 
waukee, and  notice  shall  also  be  posted  by  said  Commission  in 
a conspicuous  place  in  its  office  at  least  fifteen  days  before  such 
examination.  Where  the  position  to  be  filled  is  professional  or 
technical,  such  notice  may  be  published  once  or  oftener  in  one 
or  more  technical  journals  devoted  to  such  profession  or  trade. 

Sec.  7.  Every  examination,  except  for  the  position  of  civil 
service  examiner,  shall  be  under  the  responsible  direction  of  the 
chief  examiner,  who  shall  consult  when  necessary  with  ap- 
pointing officers  concerning  the  qualifications  required  for  par- 
ticular positions;  but  such  examinations  shall  be  free  from  the 
influence  or  participation  in  any  manner  of  the  appointing 
officer. 

Sec.  8.  Each  examination  shall  embrace  certain  subjects, 
to  which  weights  shall  be  assigned,  the  weight  given  to  each 
subject  to  represent  its  value  in  ascertaining  the  fitness  of  ap- 
plicants. Each  subject  of  examination  shall  be  rated  inde- 
pendently by  the  examiners.  The  examiners  rating  on  the 
scale  of  100  on  each  subject  shall  be  multiplied  by  the  weight 
assigned  to  such  subject.  The  resulting  products  shall  be 
added  and  the  total  product  divided  by  the  total  weights  of  all 
subjects  in  the  examination.  The  resulting  quotient  is  the  gen- 
eral average  which  shall  be  used  in  determining  the  order  in 
which  the  name  of  the  candidate  shall  appear  upon  the  eligible 
register. 

Sec.  9.  The  Commission  shall  by  regulation  determine 
the  subjects  and  relative  weights  given  to  each. 

Sec.  10.  On  the  date  of  examination  the  identification 
sheets  of  the  candidates  shall  be  sealed  and  the  identity  of 
each  shall  remain  hidden  until  the  papers  are  graded. 

Sec.  11.  Whenever  in  the  judgment  of  the  Commission 
physical  qualifications  are  requisite,  the  candidate  shall  be  re- 
quired to  pass  a physical  examination  and  be  certified  as  quali- 
fied in  such  respect  either  before  admission  to  examination  or 
before  recording  on  the  proper  eligible  list  or  before  certifica- 
tion for  appointment,  as  the  Commission  may  announce. 

Sec.  12.  The  Commission  may  further  direct  oral  exami- 
nations or  special  practical  tests  of  fitness.  Whenever  oral 
questioning  is  prescribed  as  part  of  any  scheme  of  examina- 
tion, so  far  as  practicable,  a stenographic  record  of  such  oral 
questions  and  of  the  answers  thereto  shall  be  filed  with  the 
papers  of  the  candidates. 

Sec.  13.  No  person  shall  be  admitted  to  an  examination 
whose  application  therefor  has  not  been  presented  and  ac- 
cepted under  the  conditions  of  Rule  IV. 

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RULE  VI. 


Marking  and  Rating. 

Section  1.  Whenever  possible  examination  papers  shall 
be  rated  by  one  or  more  than  one  person  besides  the  Secretary 
and  Chief  Examiner.  Each  subject  shall  be  marked  upon  a 
scale  of  100  which  shall  represent  the  maximum  possible 
attainment. 

Sec.  2.  No  person  shall  be  placed  upon  an  eligible  list 
whose  general  average  standing  is  less  than  seventy  per  cent 
of  complete  proficiency,  or  who  has  received  less  than  seventy 
per  cent  in  the  special  subject  designed  to  test  the  applicant’s 
qualifications  for  the  position  he  is  examined  for. 

Sec.  3.  The  Secretary  and  Chief  Examiner,  as  early  as 
practicable  after  the  completion  of  an  examination,  shall  notify 
each  candidate  therein  of  the  rating  he  has  received,  and  if 
such  rating  be  above  the  required  minimum,  of  his  compara- 
tive standing.  He  shall  likewise  notify  any  candidate  who, 
though  admitted  to  the  examination,  has  been  rejected  for 
reasons  other  than  failure  to  receive  the  required  minimum, 
stating  such  reasons  specifically.  Any  candidate  receiving  any 
such  notice  may  personally  inspect  his  examination  papers  at 
any  time  during  the  office  hours  of  the  Commission,  and  in 
the  presence  of  such  officer  or  employee  as  the  Commission 
may  from  time  to  time  designate. 

Sec.  4.  No  examination  or  papers  connected  therewith 
shall  be  subject  to  review  after  the  posting  of  an  eligible  eligi- 
ble list  resulting  therefrom,  except  that  the  Commission  may 
correct  clerical  errors  of  examiners  at  any  time  before  the  can- 
cellation of  such  list;  provided,  however,  that  no  persons 
theretofore  certified  from  such  list  shall  be  displaced  by  reason 
of  such  correction,  unless  his  actual  standing  is  shown  to  be 
below  the  requirement  established  in  Section  2 of  this  rule. 

Sec.  5.  No  examination  paper  resulting  from  any  exami- 
nation shall  be  reviewed  at  any  time  unless  all  the  examina- 
tion papers  resulting  from  that  examination  are  reviewed. 


RULE  VII. 

Eligible  Lists. 

Section  1.  The  names  of  those  applicants  who  have  at- 
tained a standing  of  seventy  per  cent  and  over  and  who  have 
not  received  less  than  seventy  per  cent  in  their  special  subject 
shall  be  placed  in  the  order  of  their  relative  standing  on  the 
proper  list  of  eligibles. 

Sec.  2.  When  an  applicant  having  qualified  in  accordance 
with  Section  2 of  Rule  VI  for  the  position  sought,  in  the  judg- 
ment of  the  Commission,  merits  special  recognition  for  extra- 
ordinary services  rendered  to  the  city,  the  state  of  Wisconsin 
or  the  United  States,  the  Commission  may  advance  his  ex- 

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amination  rating  not  to  exceed  five  points.  The  reasons  of 
such  action  shall  be  recorded  in  the  proceedings. 

Sec.  3.  The  Commission  may  consolidate  two  or  more 
eligible  lists  of  the  same  kind  by  rearranging  all  the  eligibles 
named  therein  according  to  their  standing. 

Sec.  4.  The  Commission  shall,  upon  the  request  of  the 
appointing  officer,  cancel  any  eligible  list  for  a position  in  the 
special  expert  class  as  soon  as  an  appointment  has  been  made 
therefrom,  provided,  it  has  been  specifically  stated  in  the  pub- 
lished announcement  of  such  an  examination  that  the  resulting 
eligible  list  should  so  expire. 

Sec.  5.  Eligible  lists  shall  continue  in  force  for  one  year 
from  the  date  of  their  declaration,  but  the  Commission  may 
continue  any  eligible  list  in  force  for  a second  year,  or  for  a 
shorter  or  a longer  period. 

Sec.  6.  When  an  applicant  has  been  appointed  to  a posi- 
tion in  the  classified  service,  such  appointment  shall  be  entered 
upon  the  eligible  list  from  which  he  was  certified. 

Sec.  7.  An  applicant  registered  in  any  eligible  list  whose 
appointment  is  rejected  by  the  appointing  officer  for  reasons 
reported  to  the  Commission  may  be  retained  on  such  list  unless 
he  or  she  is  thus  rejected  three  times.  Such  repeated  rejec- 
tion shall  be  sufficient  cause  for  removing  the  name  of  such 
person  from  the  eligible  list,  except  at  the  written  request  of 
the  appointing  officer  to  whom  certification  is  made.  Certifica- 
tion for  temporary  appointment  shall  not  count  as  one  of  such 
certifications. 

Sec.  8.  Failure  of  an  appointing  officer  to  appoint  a per- 
son whose  name  is  certified  to  him  shall  not  count  as  a rejec- 
tion unless  that  name  ranked  higher  on  the  eligible  list  than 
the  name  of  the  person  actually  appointed,  and  unless  the  rea- 
son for  not  appointing  in  numerical  order  is  sustained  by  the 
Commission. 

RULE  VIII. 

Requisitions,  Certifications  and  Appointments. 

Section  1.  Selections  for  appointment  to  all  positions  in 
the  competitive  class  and  the  special  expert  class  not  filled  by 
promotion,  reduction,  transfer  or  reinstatement  shall,  except 
as  provided  in  Rule  IX,  be  made  in  the  following  manner: 

The  appointing  officer  shall  notify  the  Commission  of  the 
title  of  the  position,  duties  to  be  performed  and  the  compensa- 
tion to  be  paid.  The  Commission  shall  thereupon  certify  to 
such  appointing  officer  from  the  list  most  nearly  appropriate  to 
such  position  the  three  names  at  the  head  thereof,  provided 
that  no  such  names  shall  be  certified  more  than  three  times  to 
the  same  appointing  officer  for  the  same  or  a similar  position, 
unless  at  such  officer’s  request.  The  appointing  officer  shall 
make  selection  with  reference  solely  to  merit  and  fitness  from 
the  three  names  certified,  unless  objection  is  made  and  sus- 
tained by  the  Commission  to  one  or  more  of  the  persons 
named,  in  which  case  the  Commission  shall  certify  in  addition 
the  name  next  following  upon  the  eligible  list.  If  there  be 
more  than  one  vacancy  to  be  filled,  the  number  of  names  to  be 

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certified  shall  be  arrived  at  by  multiplying  the  number  of 
vacancies  by  five-thirds  and  counting  each  additional  third  as 
one  and  adding  it. 

Sec.  2.  The  failure  of  an  eligible  person  to  respond  within 
four  days  to  an  offer  of  appointment  sent  to  his  postoffice  ad- 
dress as  last  shown  on  the  records  of  the  Commission  shall  be 
considered  declination. 

On  notice  from  an  appointing  officer  that  a person  named 
in  a certification  has  declined  appointment  and  on  receipt  from 
such  officer  of  such  declination  in  writing  or  of  evidence  of  the 
failure  of  such  person  to  respond  to  a notice  properly  sent, 
such  certification  shall  be  completed  by  the  addition  of  the 
name  of  the  eligible  next  in  order. 

RULE  IX. 

Temporary  and  Provisional  Appointments. 

Section  1.  When  services  are  to  be  rendered  of  a tem- 
porary character  and  for  a limited  period,  the  appointing  offi- 
cer shall  inform  the  Commission,  stating  the  duration  of  such 
period,  the  rate  of  compensation,  the  authority  for  employing 
such  temporary  service,  and  other  conditions  of  employment, 
and  may  select  for  such  employment  one  of  the  first  three  per- 
sons on  the  appropriate  eligible  list  who,  after  the  notice  of 
the  conditions,  are  willing  to  accept  certification  therefor.  In 
case  of  acceptance  of  appointment  for  temporary  services,  the 
eligible  so  appointed  shall  retain  all  rights  to  certification  for 
permanent  appointment  as  though  no  temporary  appointment 
had  been  given. 

Sec.  2.  Upon  the  expiration  of  any  eligible  list,  the  names 
of  those  persons  who,  at  the  time  such  list  expires,  are  render- 
ing temporary  service  shall  be  transferred  from  the  expiring 
list  and  placed  in  the  order  of  original  rating  on  the  list  most 
nearly  corresponding  to  the  list  from  which  transfer  is  made. 

Sec.  3.  Any  person  who  is  certified  to  a temporary  posi- 
tion in  the  same  manner  as  certifications  are  made  to  per- 
manent positions,  in  accordance  with  Section  1 of  Rule  VIII, 
and  is  performing  the  duties  of  that  position  when  it  is  made 
a permanent  position  shall  be  eligible  to  appointment  to  that 
permanent  position. 

Sec.  4.  Any  employee  who  has  been  certified  in  accordance 
with  Section  1 of  this  rule,  and  whose  services  have  been 
terminated,  shall  give  immediate  notice  to  the  Commission  of 
the  termination  of  his  employment,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  department  head  or  employing  body  to  make  a like  report 
to  the  Commission  as  provided  in  Rule  XV. 

Sec.  5.  Where  there  is  a vacancy  of  an  emergency  char- 
acter in  a position  in  the  competitive  class  and  it  is  not  prac- 
ticable to  secure  a person  by  certification  from  an  eligible  list 
in  time  to  meet  such  emergency,  an  appointment  may  be  made 
without  certification  or  examination,  subject  to  the  subsequent 
approval  of  the  Commission,  for  a period  not  exceeding  thirty 
days,  or  until  an  appropriate  eligible  list  is  established. 

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RULE  X. 


Suspension,  Leave  of  Absence  and  Reinstatement. 

Section  1.  Whenever  any  permanent  position  in  the  com- 
petitive class  is  abolished  or  made  unnecessary,  or  whenever 
the  number  of  positions  of  a certain  character  is  reduced,  the 
person  or  persons  legally  holding  such  positions  shall  be 
deemed  to  be  suspended  without  pay  and  the  names  of  such 
persons  shall,  on  due  notice  from  the  appointing  officer,  be 
placed  by  the  Commission  on  a reinstatement  list,  in  the  order 
of  seniority  of  appointment,  under  such  title  and  correspond- 
ing to  such  competitive  eligible  list  as  in  the  judgment  of  the 
Commission  most  nearly  cover  the  class  of  duties  performed 
by  such  persons  in  the  positions  from  which  suspension  is 
made.  The  person  so  certified  who  declines  to  accept,  except 
for  one  of  the  reasons  and  under  the  conditions  stated  in  Sec- 
tion 2 of  Rule  VIII,  shall  be  permanently  separated  from  the 
service.  A reinstatement  list  shall  have  preference  over  the 
original  eligible  list. 

Sec.  2.  Any  employee  who  is  suspended  from  the  service 
under  the  conditions  cited  in  the  preceding  section  shall  im- 
mediately give  notice  to  the  Commission  of  such  suspension 
and  state  the  reasons  therefor,  and  a like  report  shall  be  made 
to  the  Commission  by  the  department  head  or  employing  body, 
as  provided  in  Rule  XV. 

Sec.  3.  The  names  of  suspended  employees  shall  be  strick- 
en from  the  reinstatement  list  at  the  expiration  of  one  year 
from  the  date  of  suspension,  unless  such  employees  shall  in 
writing  before  the  expiration  of  said  year  notify  the  Commis- 
sion that  they  wish  to  remain  on  such  list.  Failure  to  so  notify 
the  Commission  shall  be  construed  as  a resignation. 

Sec.  4.  Leave  of  absence  from  duty  shall  in  no  case  be 
granted  to  an  officer  or  employee  who  has  been  in  the  service 
of  the  city  for  less  than  three  months  immediately  preceding 
his  time  of  leave,  except  in  case  of  absence  on  account  of  sick- 
ness, disability  or  urgent  necessity  in  which  case  application 
for  leave  shall  be  accompanied  by  such  proof  of  same  as  the 
Commission  may  require,  and  said  leave  shall  be  granted  only 
upon  the  approval  of  the  Commission. 

The  head  of  a department  may  grant  leave  of  absence  from 
regular  duty  for  a period  not  exceeding  three  months  to  an 
officer  or  employee  who  has  been  in  the  service  of  the  city  for 
more  than  three  months,  upon  written  application  made  to  him 
by  said  subordinate  officer  or  employee  within  his  department, 
only  with  the  approval  of  the  Commission.  In  no  case  shall  a 
leave  of  absence  be  granted  for  a period  to  exceed  one  year, 
except  that  where  an  employee  in  the  classified  service  is 
granted  leave  of  absence  for  the  purpose  of  accepting  appoint- 
ment in  the  unclassified  service,  such  leave  may  be  extended 
from  year  to  year  so  long  as  such  appointment  in  the  unclassi- 
fied service  remains  in  force. 

Sec.  5.  Absence  from  duty  without  leave,  or  failure  to 
report  after  a leave  has  expired  or  has  been  disapproved  or  re- 

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yoked  and  cancelled  by  the  Commission,  shall  be  cause  for  dis- 
charge; provided,  however,  that  if  the  officer  or  employee  so 
discharged  shows  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Commission  that 
such  absence  or  failure  to  report  was  excusable,  the  Commis- 
sion may  then  order  his  reinstatement. 

Sec.  6.  Upon  the  expiration  of  a leave  of  absence,  an  offi- 
cer or  employe  shall  be  reinstated  in  his  position;  provided, 
however,  that  if  such  absence  with  leave  exceeds  thirty  days, 
or,  in  the  case  of  injury  in  the  service,  sickness  or  other  dis- 
ability, ninety  days,  and  the  position  in  the  meantime  has  been 
filled  by  certification,  the  name  of  such  officer  or  employe  shall 
be  placed  by  the  Commission  on  a reinstatement  list  and  certi- 
fied therefrom  in  accordance  with  Section  1 of  this  rule. 


RULE  XI. 


Transfer. 

Section  1.  Transfers  may  be  made  as  follows: 

(a)  For  a period  not  exceeding  thirty  days,  from  one 
position  to  a similar  position  of  the  same  class,  grade  and  char- 
acter of  work,  and  having  the  same  pay,  within  a department, 
without  notice  to  the  Commission. 

(b)  From  a position  in  one  department  to  a similar  posi- 
tion of  the  same  class,  in  another  department,  provided  the 
heads  of  the  two  departments  concerned  make  request  there- 
for. 

(c)  Where  an  employe  becomes  physically  incapacitated 
for  the  performance  of  his  duties,  the  head  of  the  department 
may,  at  the  request  of  such  employe  transfer  him  to  a position 
in  a lower  grade  which  he  has  the  ability  to  fill. 

Sec.  2.  • All  transfers  except  as  provided  in  paragraph  (a) 
of  Section  1,  shall  be  subject  to  approval  by  the  Commission. 

Sec.  3.  Transfer  shall  not  be  allowed  where  the  examina- 
tion upon  which  the  appointment  of  an  employe  was  based 
was  not  of  a character  and  standard  to  test  the  fitness  of  such 
employe  for  the  position  to  which  it  is  proposed  to  make  the 
transfer. 


RULE  XII. 


Efficiency. 

Section  1.  The  Commission  shall  take  all  necessary  meas- 
ures to  ascertain  the  efficiency  of  persons  employed  in  the  city 
service. 

Sec.  2.  The  Commission  shall  from  time  to  time  prescribe 
in  its  regulations  subjects  or  factors  for  ascertaining  in- 
dividual efficiency.  Such  subjects  or  factors  shall  be  uniform 
for  all  positions  having  similar  duties  and  responsibilities. 

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RULE  XIII. 


Promotion. 

Section  1.  Whenever  a vacancy  in  the  classified  service 
exists,  unless  such  vacancy  is  filled  by  reinstatement  or  trans- 
fer, it  shall  be  filled  by  promotion  from  the  next  lower  rank  or 
grade,  when  such  rank  or  grade  contains  two  or  more  eligible 
persons  desirous  of  taking  examination.  Promotion  shall  be 
accomplished  by  means  of  a competitive  examination.  Should 
not  more  than  one  eligible  candidate  register,  or  should  all 
candidates  fail  to  pass,  an  original  examination  shall  be  held. 

Sec.  2.  No  person  shall  be  eligible  for  promotion  from  a 
position  in  any  grade  unless  the  position  in  which  he  is  em- 
ployed at  the  time  of  examination  is  in  the  same  line  and 
character  of  work  as  the  position  to  be  filled,  and  unless  such 
person  has  served  in  such  grade  by  actual  employment  for  at 
least  six  months,  unless  otherwise  prescribed  by  these  rules, 
and  is  at  the  time  of  examination  actually  employed  in  such 
grade,  or  is  on  leave  of  absence,  or  is  eligible  for  reinstate- 
ment. 

Sec.  3.  Notice  of  promotion  examination  shall  be  pub- 
lished and  shall  be  posted  in  the  olfice  of  the  Commission,  as 
well  as  in  the  department  or  bureau  in  which  the  promotion 
may  be  made,  for  two  weeks  prior  to  such  examination.  Such 
notice  shall  give  date  and  character  of  the  examination,  and 
shall  indicate  the  grade  or  rank  of  those  eligible  thereto.  Ap- 
plicants for  promotion  examination  shall  register  in  the  office 
of  the  Commission  at  least  three  whole  days  before  the  date 
fixed  for  the  examination. 

Sec.  4.  The  weight  given  to  seniority  in  a promotion  ex- 
amination shall  in  no  case  exceed  one-tenth  of  the  total 
weights  of  all  subjects.  Credit  shall  be  given  only  for  actual 
service  in  the  grade  or  rank  from  which  promotion  is  sought, 
whether  such  service  has  been  continuous  or  not,  except  that 
whenever  an  employee  takes  a promotion  examination  for  the 
purpose  of  obtaining  legal  standing  under  new  grading 
schedules  and  is  certified  from  the  list  resulting  from  such 
examination,  his  seniority  shall  be  figured  from  the  date  of 
original  certification  to  the  position  which  he  filled  previous  to 
taking  the  regrading  promotion  examination.  The  marking  to 
be  entered  for  seniority  shall  be  obtained  by  adding  to  a mark- 


ing of  75,  as  follows: 

Each  full  year  of  the  first  3 years  of 

service  3 

Each  full  year  of  the  next  6 years  of 

service  IV2 

Each  additional  year  of  service  (maxi- 
mum 14  years) % 


Sec.  5.  The  weight  given  to  efficiency  in  any  promotion 
examination  shall  in  no  case  exceed  two-tenths  of  the  total 
weights.  The  marking  to  be  entered  for  efficiency  shall  be 
obtained  by  averaging  ail  monthly  general  efficiency  ratings 
for  the  six  months  immediately  preceding  the  Examination. 

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Where  no  efficiency  records  exist  covering  the  period  the  Com- 
mission shall  investigate  and  enter  such  marking  as  it  shall 
deem  proper.  The  Commission  may  revise  upward  or  down- 
ward the  average  efficiency  markings  of  all  employees  in  any 
department  participating  in  such  promotion  examination,  but 
such  revision  shall  be  on  a pro  rata  basis,  except  that  no  em- 
ployee thereby  shall  be  given  a final  efficiency  average  of  more 
than  85  or  less  than  70. 

Sec.  6.  Under  the  subject  termed  “duties”  in  any  promo- 
tion examination,  the  candidate  shall  be  examined  in  such  mat- 
ters as  will  fairly  test  his  knowledge  of  the  actual  duties, 
responsibilities  and  requirements  of  the  position  to  be  filled, 
and  his  fitness  and  qualifications  to  discharge  such  duties  and 
meet  such  requirements.  Where  a physical  test  is  not  included 
in  the  schedules  for  promotion  examinations,  such  test  may  be 
added  as  a subject,  and  the  weight  thereof  shall  be  fixed  by  the 
Commission  prior  to  the  promotion  examination.  In  examina- 
tions for  positions  in  Class  K,  Skilled  Labor  Service,  candi- 
dates may  be  examined  as  to  their  knowledge  of  a trade,  craft 
or  useful  art,  by  practical  test.  The  weight  of  such  practical 
test  shall  be  fixed  by  the  Commission  prior  to  the  examination, 
provided  that  such  weight  shall  be  deducted  from  the  weights 
given  to  the  subject  termed  “duties”  in  such  examination. 

Sec.  7.  Eligible  lists  resulting  from  promotion  examina- 
tions shall  remain  in  force  and  effect  for  one  year  from  the 
date  of  the  posting  unless  the  Commission,  by  order  in  its 
minutes  entered  prior  to  its  expiration,  extend  the  life  of  such 
list,  but  no  such  extension  shall  be  held  to  continue  any  such 
promotion  list  in  existence  beyond  two  years  of  the  posting  of 
the  same. 

Sec.  8.  Eligible  lists  resulting  from  examinations  held 
under  the  foregoing  section  shall  in  all  respects  have  the 
same  standing  and  be  subject  to  the  same  restrictions  as  other 
original  eligible  lists. 


RULE  XIV. 

Advancement  on  Efficiency  and  Seniority. 

Section  1.  Where  the  limits  of  compensation  for  each 
office  or  place  of  employment  in  a single  class  and  grade  of 
service  are  prescribed,  such  compensation  limits  shall  be  pro- 
vided and  specified  by  groups.  Appointment  to  an  office  or 
place  in  such  grade,  from  either  original  or  promotion  regis- 
ters, to  any  one  department,  shall  in  every  case  be  made  to  the 
lowest  compensation  or  salary  group,  except  as  hereinafter 
provided  in  this  section.  Advancement  shall  be  made  from 
group  to  group  within  a grade,  and  shall  be  made  on  the  basis 
of  efficiency  and  seniority  in  the  position  within  departments, 
as  shown  by  the  records  thereof  kept  in  the  office  of  the  Civil 
Service  Commission,  and  in  accordance  with  the  schedules 
established  under  Rule  III. 

Where  the  condition  of  employment  in  a given  office  or 
place  of  employment  is  of  such  a character  as  to  make  ad- 
vancement from  group  to  group  on  the  basis  of  efficiency  and 

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seniority  impracticable,  and  the  Commission  so  rules  by  an 
order  in  its  minutes,  the  compensation  for  the  performance  of 
the  duties  of  such  office  or  place  of  employment  shall  be  at 
such  uniform  salary  rate  as  shall  be  fixed  after  investigation, 
which  rate  shall  be  set  forth  in  the  minutes  of  the  Commission. 

Sec.  2.  No  person  shall  be  eligible  for  advancement  from 
a lower  group  to  a higher  group  within  a grade  unless  he  has 
served  in  such  lower  group  by  actual  employment  for  at  least 
the  period  specified  in  the  schedules  provided  in  accordance 
with  the  classes  and  grades  set  forth  in  Rule  III.  Advance- 
ment of  officers  or  employees  from  group  to  group  within  a 
grade  shall  be  based  upon  efficiency  and  seniority.  Unless 
otherwise  prescribed  by  these  rules,  the  total  weight  assigned 
to  efficiency  and  seniority  in  advancement  shall  not  exceed 
three;  the  weight  given  to  seniority  in  advancement  shall  be 
one-third  of  the  total  weight,  and  the  weight  given  to  efficiency 
in  advancement  shall  be  two-thirds  of  the  total  weight.  The 
method  of  ascertaining  markings  for  efficiency  and  seniority 
for  advancement  shall  be  the  same  as  provided  for  obtaining 
markings  of  efficiency  and  seniority  in  promotion. 

RULE  XV. 

Reports. 

Section  1.  The  appointing  officer  or  head  of  a department 
shall  immediately  report  to  the  Commission: 

(a)  Appointments,  whether  emergency,  temporary,  pro- 
bationary, permanent  or  promotional. 

(b)  Refusal  or  neglect  to  accept  appointment  by  a person 
who  has  been  certified. 

(c)  Changes  in  the  compensation  of  ranks  or  grades,  or 
of  officers  or  employees  serving  under  him. 

(d)  Suspension  or  reinstatement  made  by  him  of  any 
officer  or  employee. 

(e)  Transfers  in  his  department  as  provided  in  Rule  XI. 

(f)  Every  vacancy,  resignation  or  separation  from  the 
service  under  him,  and  its  cause. 

(g)  The  creation  or  abolition  of  any  office  or  place  of 
employment  in  his  department. 

(h)  Changes  in  department  organization,  with  details  for 
charting. 

(i)  Efficiency  markings  of  employees  in  his  department, 
as  provided  in  Rule  XII. 

( j ) Employing  officers  shall  report,  monthly,  lay-offs  and 
reinstatements  in  positions  in  Class  I,  Labor  Service. 

Sec.  2.  All  reports  from  departments  to  the  Commission 
must  be  signed  by  the  department  head. 

RULE  XVI. 

Common  Labor  Service. 

Section  1.  The  Commission  shall  maintain  lists  of  persons 
eligible  to  employment  in  the  Common  Labor  Service,  and 
where  the  duties  of  the  positions  require,  may  establish  separ- 


ate  eligible  lists  for  departments  or  bureaus  or  divisions 
therein,  or  for  wards. 

Sec.  2.  Applications  shall  conform  to  the  requirements  of 
Rule  IV.  The  names  of  the  candidates  who  pass  examinations 
for  positions  in  the  Common  Labor  Service,  unless  otherwise 
disqualified,  shall  be  placed  on  eligible  registers,  according  to 
priority  of  application. 

Sec.  3.  Examination  of  candidates  for  positions  in  divi- 
sion (b)  of  the  Common  Labor  Class  may  be  competitive 
where  the  Commission,  after  investigation  of  the  duties  of  such 
positions,  finds  that  such  competitive  examination  is  practi- 
cable and  enters  in  its  minutes  an  order  to  that  effect  in  ad- 
vance of  such  competitive  examination.  In  such  cases  appro- 
priate eligible  registers  shall  be  kept  as  in  other  cases  where 
competitive  examinations  are  held.  Certifications  and  appoint- 
ments from  such  lists  shall  be  made  in  the  manner  provided 
in  Rule  VIII.  The  Commission  may  give  physical  examinations 
to  applicants  for  positions  in  the  Labor  Service. 

Sec.  4.  In  case  of  an  emergency  where  it  is  not  practi- 
cable to  secure  laborers  from  an  eligible  list  with  sufficient 
promptness,  or  where  a list  is  temporarily  exhausted,  the  ap- 
pointing officer  may  hire  and  employ  for  a period  not  exceed- 
ing thirty  days  as  many  , persons  as  may  be  required,  but  he 
shall  in  such  case  report  his  action,  with  full  particulars 
thereof,  to  the  Commission,  and  such  action  shall  be  subject 
to  the  Commission’s  subsequent  approval.  In  no  case  shall 
such  emergency  appointments  exceed  a period  of  two  months. 

Sec.  5.  In  case  it  is  impossible  to  secure  a sufficient  num- 
ber of  applicants  who  are  citizens  of  the  United  States,  the 
Commission  may,  by  an  order  recorded  in  the  minutes,  waive 
the  citizenship  requirement  and  establish  separate  lists  for 
non-citizens  from  which  certification  shall  be  made  only  after 
the  regular  eligible  lists  have  been  exhausted.  Whenever  a 
reduction  of  force  is  necessary,  persons  certified  from  the  lists 
for  non-citizens  shall  in  all  cases  be  laid  off  first,  and  shall  not 
be  placed  upon  a reinstatement  list. 

Sec.  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  an  appointing  officer  to 
submit  in  such  manner  as  the  Commission  may  prescribe  a re- 
port of  appointments  in  the  Common  Labor  Class,  and  upon 
the  termination  of  an  employment  he  shall  in  each  case  certify 
to  the  Commission  the  reasons  therefore.  Where  such  term- 
ination is  due  to  a reduction  of  force,  the  name  of  the  person 
affected  shall  be  placed  upon  a permanent  reinstatement  list  in 
the  manner  prescribed  by  Section  1 of  Rule  X.  Whenever  there 
are  a large  number  of  names  on  the  eligible  lists  and  a surplus 
of  labor  exists,  the  laborers  qualified  under  these  rules  for 
positions  in  the  city  service  shall,  so  far  as  practicable,  be  em- 
ployed in  relays.  A person  employed  in  a labor  position  under 
these  rules  who,  after  three  months’  service  in  such  position, 
left  it  voluntarily  and  without  fault  or  delinquency  on  his  part, 
may  be  reemployed  in  the  same  position  within  one  year  of  the 
date  of  his  separation  without  further  examination  or  registra- 
tion, if  there  be  no  persons  eligible  for  reinstatement  upon  a 
permanent  reinstatement  list  for  such  position. 

Sec.  7.  No  person  employed  in  a labor  position  whose 

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employment  is  terminated  for  the  reason  of  failure  to  work, 
incompetence,  or  physical  or  moral  unfitness,  shall  be  eligible 
for  re-registration  for  a period  of  six  months  from  the  date  of 
such  termination,  and  then  only  upon  furnishing  to  the  Com- 
mission a satisfactory  explanation  of  his  failure  to  work,  or 
satisfactory  evidence  that  such  other  disqualification  no  longer 
exists. 

Sec.  8.  A person  who  has  served  in  a department  or  in- 
stitution for  one  year  in  a position  in  division  (a)  or  division 
(b)  of  the  Common  Labor  Class  may  be  transferred  to.  any 
other  position  in  division  (a)  of  the  Common  Labor  Class  #for 
which  he  may  be  shown  to  possess  such  qualifications  in  re- 
spect either  to  previous  experience  or  to  physical  fitness  as 
may  be  required  in  the  case  of  original  appointment  to  such 
other  position,  on  the  issuance  by  the  Commission  of  a certi- 
ficate to  such  effect  for  service  in  such  department  or  institu- 
tion. Transfers  from  any  position  in  division  (b)  of  the  Com- 
mon Labor  Class  shall  be  made  only  in  the  same  manner  and 
under  the  same  conditions  as  transfers  in  the  competitive  class 
as  provided  by  Rule  XI. 

RULE  XVII. 


Amendments.* 

Section  1.  Any  amendment  to  the  rules  shall  be  proposed 
at  a regular  meeting  and  final  action  thereon  shall  not  be 
taken  before  the  next  regular  meeting. 

Sec.  2.  Whenever  a change  of  the  rules  is  proposed,  the 
Commission  shall  give  public  notice  of  the  proposed  change, 
stating  the  date  when  a meeting  to  consider  the  change  is  to 
be  held.  Such  meeting  shall  be  open  to  the  public. 


RULE  XVIII. 


Adoption  of  Regulations. 

Section  1.  The  Commission  shall  from  time  to  time  adopt 
regulations  to  carry  into  effect  the  provisions  of  these  rules. 

Sec.  2.  Final  action  on  any  proposed  amendment  to  the 
regulations  shall  be  postponed  not  less  than  two  weeks.  Notice 
of  any  proposed  change  in  the  regulations  shall  be  posted  in  a 
conspicuous  place  in  the  office  of  the  Commission. 


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CITY  SERVICE  REGULATIONS. 


(Subject  to  change  by  action  of  the  Board  of  City  Service 
Commissioners.) 


REGULATION  I. 


Classification. 

The  following  are  the  classes  and  grades  within  classes  of 
the  classified  service  established  in  accordance  with  Rule  3 of 
the  City  Service  Rules. 

Class  A.  Medical  Service.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which 
require  training  and  ability  in  the  medical  profession  or  some 
branch  thereof. 

Grade  I.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  require  some 
skill  and  accuracy  and  a general  training,  but  not 
necessarily  much  practical  experience.  Includes  the 
following  positions: 

Hospital  Helper. 

Laboratory  Assistant. 

Orderly. 

Resident  Interne. 


Grade  II.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  require  train- 
ing, experience  and  ability,  involving  fixed  responsibil- 
ity, but  not  supervisory.  Includes  the  following 
positions: 

Field  Nurse. 

Hospital  Nurse. 

Supervising  Night  Nurse. 

Surgical  Nurse. 


Grade  III.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  are  super- 
visory, involving  independent  judgment  and  account- 
ability for  the  work  of  others.  All  positions,  the  duties 
of  which  require  a high  order  of  specialized  knowledge, 
but  not  necessarily  supervisory.  Includes  the  following 
positions: 

Assistant  Bacteriologist. 

Assistant  Medical  Inspector. 

Assistant  Supervising  Hospital  Nurse. 

Hospital  Physician. 

Senior  Chemist. 

Special  Vaccinator. 

Superintendent  of  Emergency  Hospital. 

Supervising  Field  Nurse. 

Supervising  Hospital  Nurse. 

Grade  IV.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  are  super- 
visory, involving  accountability  for  the  whole  or  part 
of  a principal  branch  of  a department.  Also  positions 
which  require  a high  order  of  specialized  knowledge 

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and  professional  ability,  but  not  necessarily  super- 
visory. Includes  the  following  positions: 

Assistant  Health  Commissioner. 

Bacteriologist. 

Chemist. 

Chief  Medical  Inspector. 

Child  Welfare  Chief. 

Division  Chief  of  Tuberculosis. 

Resident  Hospital  Superintendent. 

Class  B.  Engineering  Service.  Positions,  the  duties  of 
which  require  training  and  ability  in  civil,  mechanical,  elec- 
trical or  chemical  engineering,  architecture  or  related  tech- 
nical work. 

Grade  I.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  require  some 
skill  and  accuracy  and  a general  training,  but  not 
necessarily  much  practical  experience.  Includes  the 
following  positions: 

Assistant  Estimate  Clerk. 

Draftsman. 

Electrician. 

Instrument  Man. 

Rodman. 

Grade  II.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  require  train- 
ing, experience  and  ability,  involving  fixed  responsibil- 
requires  a technical  knowledge  of  the  principles  of  de- 
ity; may  or  may  not  be  supervisory.  Includes  the  fol- 
lowing positions: 

Architectural  Draftsman. 

Assistant  Paving  Chemist. 

Chief  Electrician. 

Chief  Estimate  Clerk. 

Junior  Engineer. 

Structural  Draftsman. 

Grade  III.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  are  super- 
visory, involving  independent  judgment  and  account- 
ability for  the  work  of  others  and  for  a definite  part  of 
an  engineering  work.  Also  positions  requiring  a high 
order  of  specialized  knowledge  and  professional  ability, 
but  not  necessarily  supervisory.  Includes  the  following 
positions: 

Assistant  Architectural  Designer. 

Assistant  Structural  Designer. 

Construction  Engineer. 

Electrical  Engineer. 

Examiner  of  Plans. 

Paving  Chemist. 

Grade  IV.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  are  administra- 
tive, requiring  special  qualifications  and  recognized  ex- 
pert knowledge.  Includes  the  following  positions: 

Architectural  Designer. 

Senior  Engineer. 

Structural  Designer. 

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Grade  V.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  are  executive 
and  administrative,  involving  entire  responsibility  for 
an  important  department  or  bureau,  either  independ- 
ently or  directly  under  the  head  or  heads  of  such  de- 
partment or  bureau.  Includes  the  following  positions: 

Chief  Engineer. 

City  Engineer. 

Engineering  Draftsman. 


Class  C.  Clerical  Service.  Positions  of  persons  rendering 
clerical  service  or  service  in  connection  with  general  office 
work  or  management  which  does  not  require  knowledge  of  any 
of  the  specialties  included  in  other  classes. 

Grade  I.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  are  of  general 
routine.  Includes  the  following  positions: 

Messenger. 

Office  Attendant. 

Page. 

Typist. 


Grade  II.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  require  skill 
and  accuracy  and  some  experience,  involving  routine 
work.  Includes  the  following  positions: 


Junior  Bookkeeper. 

Junior  Clerk. 

Junior  Clerk  Stenographer. 

Stenotyper. 

Grade  III.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  require  train- 
ing, experience  and  ability,  involving  fixed  responsibil- 
ity; may  or  may  not  be  supervisory.  Includes  the  fol- 
lowing positions: 

Complaint  Clerk. 

Law  Clerk  Stenographer. 

Senior  Bookkeeper. 

Senior  Clerk. 

Senior  Clerk  Stenographer. 

Special  Tax  Appraiser. 

Tax  Assessor. 


Grade  IV.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  are  super- 
visory, involving  independent  judgment  and  account- 
ability for  the  work  of  others.  Includes  the  following 
positions: 

Chief  Assessment  Clerk. 

Junior  Accountant. 

Junior  Investigator. 

Record  Searcher. 


Grade  V.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  are  administra- 
tive, requiring  special  qualifications  and  involving  re- 
sponsibility for  clerical  work  of  an  entire  department, 
under  the  direction  of  the  head  thereof,  or  for  the  work 
of  a division  or  minor  bureau  of  such  department,  also 
positions,  the  duties  of  which  are  supervisory,  requir- 

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ing  recognized  expert  knowledge  and  experience  and 
ability.  Includes  the  following  positions: 

Chief  Clerk. 

Deputy  Registrar  of  Vital  Statistics. 

Senior  Accountant. 

Senior  Investigator. 

Class  D.  Operating  Engineering  Service.  Positions,  the 
duties  of  which  require  training  and  ability  in  the  operation  or 
maintenance  of  equipment  for  the  production  of  heat,  light  or 
power,  or  in  work  relating  thereto.  ’ 

Grade  I.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  require  some 
knowledge  of  operating  engineering,  but  do  not  involve 
full  responsibility  for  any  part  of  a plant  or  station. 
Includes  the  following  positions: 

Asphalt  Plant  Engineer. 

Gasoline  Roller  Engineer. 

Oiler. 

Steam  Roller  Engineer. 

Substitute  Engineer. 

Grade  II.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  require  train- 
ing and  ability  in  operating  engineering  and  involve 
fixed  responsibility.  Includes  the  following  positions: 

Operating  Engineer.  . 

Grade  III.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  require  rec- 
ognized ability  in  operating  engineering  and  involve 
responsibility  for  an  entire  plant  or  station.  Includes 
the  following  positions: 

Engineer  in  Charge. 

Grade  IV.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  involve  super- 
vision over  a number  of  stations  and  plants,  not  exclu- 
sive responsibility  for  their  operation.  Includes  the 
following  positions: 

Assistant  Chief  Engineer. 

Grade  V.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  are  executive 
and  administrative  and  involve  full  responsibility  for  a 
number  of  plants  and  stations.  Includes  the  following 
positions: 

Chief  Engineer  of  Power  Plants. 

Class  E.  Inspection  Service.  Positions,  the  duties  of 
which  relate  to  inspection  (whether  of  work,  materials  ©r  con- 
ditions), which  do  not  require  knowledge  of  any  of  the  special- 
ties included  in  other  classes. 

Grade  I.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  involve  the  ob- 
servation of  conditions,  and  require  skill  and  experi- 
ence, but  no  specialized  knowledge.  Also  positions  of 
assistants  or  helpers  to  inspectors  in  Grades  II  and  III. 
Includes  the  following  positions: 

Hydrant  Inspector. 

Inspector  of  Dredging. 

Inspector  of  Weights  and  Measures. 

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Meter  Reader. 

Milk  Inspector. 

Sanitary  Inspector. 

Sewer  Inspector. 

Sidewalk  Inspector. 

Smoke  Inspector. 

Street  Inspector. 

Tunnel  Inspector. 

Water  Pipe  Inspector. 

Grade  II.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  involve  the  ex- 
ercise of  independent  judgment  in  passing  on  the  qual- 
ity of  materials,  workmanship  or  special  conditions,  and 
require  skill,  experience  and  specialized  knowledge. 
Includes  the  following  positions: 

Assistant  Chief  Sanitary  Inspector. 

Building  Inspector. 

Bridge  Construction  Inspector. 

Chief  Meter  Reader. 

Chief  Tunnel  Inspector. 

Elevator  Inspector. 

Factory  Inspector. 

Food  Inspector. 

Junior  Water  Waste  Inspector. 

Meter  Inspector. 

Plumbing  Inspector. 

Grade  III.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  involve  the  ex- 
ercise of  independent  judgment  in  the  inspection  and 
supervision  of  operations,  activities  or  conditions,  and 
sign  and  construction  underlying  the  same,  as  well  as 
training,  skill  and  experience.  Includes  the  following 
positions: 

Assistant  Chief  Food  Inspector. 

Assistant  Inspector  of  Buildings. 

Chief  Milk  Inspector. 

Chief  Sanitary  Inspector. 

Deputy  Sealer  of  Weights  and  Measures. 

Examiner  of  Stationary  Engineers. 

Senior  Water  Waste  Inspector. 

Grade  IV.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  are  super- 
visory, involving  complete  charge  of  an  entire  line  of 
inspection  work.  Includes  the  following  positions: 

Chief  Food  Inspector. 

Sealer  of  Weights  and  Measures. 

Class  F.  Supervising  Service.  Positions,  the  duties  of 
which  are  chiefly  supervisory,  involving  accountability  for  the 
maintenance  of  public  property,  for  the  work  of  public  em- 
ployees, or  for  the  custody  of  public  charges,  but  not  requiring 
knowledge  in  any  of  the  specialties  included  in  other  classes. 

Grade  I.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  include  the  care 
of  public  property,  or  of  public  charges,  involving  a 
fixed  responsibility,  but  not  necessarily  the  exercise  of 


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independent  judgment.  Includes  the  following  posi- 
tions: 

Assistant  Keeper  of  Pipe  Yard. 

Assistant  Storekeeper. 

Keeper  of  Reservoir. 

Market  Master. 

Museum  Attendant. 

Natatorium  Assistant. 

Natatorium  Matron. 

Storekeeper-Yardman. 

Grade  II.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  are  super- 
visory, involving  accountability  for  the  work  of  persons 
in  Grade  I positions,  or  for  the  care  or  custody  of  pub- 
lic property,  or  public  charges,  and  requiring  the  exer- 
cise of  independent  judgment,  also  positions  of  prin- 
cipal assistant  to  persons  in  Grade  III  positions.  In- 
cludes the  following  positions: 

Assistant  Curator  of  Anthropology. 

Assistant  Curator  of  Invertebrate  Zoology. 
Assistant  Curator  of  Vertebrate  Zoology. 
Assistant  Superintendent  of  Distribution. 
Assistant  Superintendent  of  Plumbing. 

Assistant  Superintendent  of  Sewers. 

Assistant  Truancy  Officer. 

Bath  House  Superintendent. 

Custodian  of  City  Hall. 

Deputy  Water  Registrar. 

Director  of  the  Zoo. 

Harbor  Master. 

Keeper  of  Pipe  Yard. 

Museum  Librarian. 

Museum  Recorder. 

Natatorium  Superintendent. 

Park  Policeman. 

Secretary  to  Commissioner  of  Health. 

Storekeeper. 

Superintendent  of  Garbage  Collection. 
Superintendent  of  Incinerator. 

Superintendent  of  Meters. 

Truancy  Officer. 

Ward  Superintendent. 

Grade  III.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  involve  ac- 
countability for  public  employees  in  a specialized  divi- 
sion of  work  or  in  a given  territorial  district,  or  for  the 
care  and  custody  of  public  property.  Includes  the  fol- 
lowing positions: 

Chief  Truancy  Officer. 

Deputy  City  Clerk. 

Deputy  Tax  Commissioner. 

Field  Superintendent  of  Bridges  and  Public  Build- 
ings. 

Field  Superintendent  of  Street  Construction  and 
Repairs. 

Park  Police  Sergeant. 

Secretary  of  Park  Board. 

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Secretary  of  Rivers  and  Harbors. 

Superintendent  of  Distribution. 

Superintendent  of  Plumbing. 

Superintendent  of  Sewerage. 

Grade  IV.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  are  adminis- 
trative, involving  responsibility  for  an  entire  depart- 
ment, either  independently  or  directly  under  the  head 
or  heads  of  such  department,  or  for  an  important 
bureau.  Includes  the  following  positions: 

Assistant  Director  of  Municipal  Research. 

Curator  of  Anthropology. 

Curator  of  Education. 

Curator  of  Invertebrate  Zoology. 

Deputy  Comptroller. 

Deputy  Health  Commissioner. 

Director  of  Public  Museum. 

Secretary  of  Election  Commission. 

Secretary  of  Harbor  Commission. 

Secretary  of  School  Board. 

Superintendent  of  Bridges  and  Public  Buildings. 
Superintendent  of  Parks. 

Superintendent  of  School  Buildings. 
Superintendent  of  Street  Construction  and  Re- 
pairs. 

Superintendent  of  Street  Sanitation. 
Superintendent  of  Water  Works. 

Class  G.  Library  Service.  Positions  connected  with  the 
administration  of  public  libraries,  and  requiring  training  and 
ability  in  library  methods. 

Librarian. 

Library  Assistant. 

Library  Page. 

Class  H.  Skilled  Labor  Service.  Positions  requiring 
knowledge  of  a trade,  craft  or  useful  art,  or  requiring  special 
manual  or  mechanical  skill,  or  involving  the  supervision  of 
skilled  or  unskilled  laborers,  and  not  included  in  other  classes. 

The  compensation  for  the  performance  of  the  duties  of 
positions  in  any  grade  of  the  skilled  labor  service  shall  be  uni- 
form for  similar  character  and  responsibility  of  work. 

Grade  I.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  require  ability  in 
a trade,  craft  or  useful  art,  but  do  not  necessarily  in- 
volve the  exercise  of  independent  judgment.  Includes 
the  following  positions: 

Assistant  Binder. 

Assistant  Fireman. 

Assistant  Janitor. 

Assistant  Tapper. 

Assistant  Station  Engineer. 

Asphalt  Plant  Fireman. 

Asphalt  Raker. 

Asphalt  Tamper. 

Boatman. 

Caulker. 

Chauffeur  and  Assistant  Inspector. 

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Fireman. 

Gardener. 

Janitor. 

Laundress. 

Meter  Repair  Helper. 

Paster. 

Sewer. 

Shademan. 

Signwriter. 

Slide  Colorist. 

Teamster. 

Timekeeper. 

Tinsmith. 

Turn-on-and-of£-man. 

Watchman. 

Window  Washer. 

Yardman. 

Grade  II.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  require  the  ex- 
ercise of  independent  judgment  in  the  practice  or  pur- 
suit of  a trade,  craft  or  useful  art,  requiring  special 
manual  or  mechanical  skill,  but  not  regularly  involving 
the  supervision  of  work  of  more  than  one  helper  or 
assistant.  Includes  the  following  positions: 

Assistant  Taxidermist. 

Blacksmith. 

Bridge  Tender. 

Cabinetmaker. 

Carpenter. 

Chauffeur. 

Chief  Binder. 

Chief  Caulker. 

Cook. 

Elevator  Operator. 

Finisher. 

Iron  Worker. 

Machinist. 

Meter  Repairer. 

Painter. 

Photographer. 

Repairer  of  Heating  Apparatus. 

Station  Engineer. 

Steamfitter. 

Street  Paver. 

Tapper. 

Grade  III.  Positions,  the  duties  of  which  are  administra- 
tive, requiring  special  qualifications  and  involving  re- 
sponsibility for  the  work  of  one  or  more  gangs  or 
crews  of  skilled  or  unskilled  laborers,  or  for  the  work 
of  an  entire  division.  Also  positions,  the  duties  of 
which  require  a high  order  of  specialized  knowledge 
and  ability  in  a trade,  craft  or  useful  art,  but  not  neces- 
sarily supervisory.  Includes  the  following  positions: 
Artist. 

Asphalt  Street  Foreman. 

Block  Paving  Foreman. 

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Carpenter  Foreman. 

Chief  Elevator  Operator. 

Chief  Taxidermist. 

Foreman  of  Asphalt  Plant. 

Foreman  of  Grounds. 

Foreman  of  Incinerator. 

Foreman  of  Macadam  Street  Repairs. 

Foreman  of  Meter  Shop. 

Modeler. 

Park  Foreman. 

Sidewalk  Finisher. 

Sidewalk  Foreman. 

Class  I.  Labor  Service.  Positions  of  persons  rendering 
labor  service,  specialized  or  general,  where  a choice  of  com- 
petition is  impracticable.  Grades  or  ranks  shall  not  be  pro- 
vided or  recognized  in  this  service. 

The  compensation  for  the  performance  of  duties  of  posi- 
tions in  either  branch  of  the  labor  service  shall  be  uniform  for 
similar  character  and  responsibility  of  work. 

Branch  a:  Positions  in  which  the  service  is  general  and 

common.  Includes  the  following  positions: 

Laborer. 

Branch  b:  Positions  in  which  the  service  is  specialized. 

Includes  the  following  positions: 

Asphalt  Laborer. 

Bath  House  Matron. 

Bridge  Sweeper. 

Charwoman. 

Cleaner. 

Coal  Passer. 

Craneman. 

Domestic. 

Furnaceman. 

Gateman. 

Gulf  Custodian. 

Helper. 

Incinerator  Helper. 

Lighter. 

Machinist  Helper. 

Park  Custodian. 

Park  Matron. 

Plant  Fireman. 

Servant. 

Taxidermist  Laborer. 

REGULATION  II. 

Positions,  Subjects  and  Weights. 

Schedules  of  Subjects  and  Weights.  The  subjects  and 
weights  in  original  entrance  and  promotion  examinations  for 
the  offices  and  places  shall  conform  to  the  following  schedules. 
Where  a schedule  of  subjects  and  weights  is  not  established 
and  is  not  shown  after  an  office  or  place,  the  board  shall  fix  a 
new  schedule  for  any  examination  at  least  two  weeks  prior  to 

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the  holding  of  such  examination  and  record  of  such  action 
shall  be  made  in  the  minutes  of  the  Commission. 

The  following  schedules  apply  to  original  entrance  ex- 
aminations: 


Schedule  I. 

Special  subject weight  of 

Educational weight  of 

Experience  weight  of 

Shedule  II. 

Special  subject weight  of 

Educational weight  of 

Experience  weight  of 


Schedule  III. 
Special  subject 
Educational  .. 
Experience  . . 


Schedule  IV. 

Special  subject weight  of 

Educational weight  of 

Experience  weight  of 


Schedule  V. 
Special  subject 
Educational  . . 
Experience  . . 

Schedule  VI. 
Special  subject 
Educational  .. 
Experience  . . 
Physical 

Schedule  VII. 
Special  subject 
Educational  . . 
Experience  . . 
Physical 


Schedule  VIII. 

Special  subject weight  of 

Experience  weight  of 

Physical weight  of 


Schedule  IX. 
Experience 
Physical  . . 


Schedule  X. 

Special  subject weight  of 

Physical weight  of 

Educational weight  of 

Experience  weight  of 


weight  of 
weight  of 


weight  of 
weight  of 
weight  of 


weight  of 
weight  of 
weight  of 
weight  of 


weight  of 
weight  of 
weight  of 
weight  of 


weight  of 
weight  of 
weight  of 


5 

3 

2 


4 

5 
1 


5 

2 

3 


4 
1 

5 


5 

1 

4 


5 

1 

3 

1 


3 
1 

4 
2 


3 

3 

4 


4 

6 


4 

3 

2 

1 


44 


The  following  schedules  apply  to  promotion  examinations: 

Schedule  XXI. 

Schedule  XXII. 


Schedule  XXIII. 

Duties  

Educational  . . 

Efficiency 

Seniority 

Schedule  XXIV. 

Duties  

Educational 

Efficiency 

Seniority 

Schedule  XXV. 

Duties  

Educational  ., 
Physical  . . . . , 
Efficiency 
Seniority 

Schedule  XXVI. 


weight  of  5 
weight  of  2 
weight  of  2 
weight  of  1 


weight  of  6 
weight  of  1 
weight  of  2 
weight  of  1 


weight  of  5 
weight  of  1 
weight  of  1 
weight  of  2 
weight  of  1 


Schedule  XXVII. 

Duties  

Educational  . . . 

Physical 

Efficiency 

Seniority 

Schedule  XXVIII. 

Duties  

Physical 

Efficiency 

Seniority 

Schedule  XXIX. 


weight  of  4 
weight  of  1 
weight  of  2 
weight  of  2 
weight  of  1 


weight  of  3 
weight  of  4 
weight  of  2 
weight  of  1 


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2.  The  schedules  for  original  entrance  and  promotion  ex- 
amination for  the  following  offices  and  places  shall  be  as  shown 
herewith: 


Examination 
Schedule 
Orig-  Pro- 


Title  of  Position 

Class 

Grade 

inal 

motion 

A. 

Alderman  

. J 

Architectural  Designer  

. . B 

IV 

5 

25 

Architectural  Draftsman 

. . B 

II 

3 

23 

Artist  

. . H 

III 

4 

Asphalt  Laborer 

.1 

. , 

9 

Asphalt  Plant  Engineer 

. .D 

I 

6 

Asphalt  Raker 

.H 

I 

9 

Asphalt  Street  Foreman 

.H 

III 

6 

Asphalt  Tamper  

.H 

I 

9 

Assistant  Architectural  Designer.  . 

.B 

III 

3 

Assistant  Bacteriologist  

.A 

III 

3 

Assistant  Binder  

.H 

I 

7 

Assistant  Cataloguer 

.G 

. . 

3 

Assistant  Chief  Engineer 

.D 

IV 

7 

27 

Assistant  Chief  Food  Inspector.  . . . 

.E 

III 

3 

23 

Assistant  Chief  Sanitary  Inspector. 

.E 

II 

3 

23 

Assistant  City  Attorney 

. J 

. . 

. . 

Assistant  Clerk  of  Courts 

. J 

, , 

. . 

Assistant  Curator  of  Anthropology. 
Assistant  Curator  of  Invertebrate 

.F 

II 

3 

Zoology  

Assistant  Curator  of  Vertebrate 

. F 

II 

3 

Zoology  

Assistant  Director  of  Municipal 

.F 

II 

3 

Research  

. F 

IV 

3 

Assistant  Estimate  Clerk 

.B 

I 

1 

Assistant  Fireman 

.H 

I 

7 

Assistant  Health  Commissioner. . . . 

.A 

IV 

5 

Assistant  Inspector  of  Buildings.  . . 

.E 

III 

3 

Assistant  Janitor 

.H 

I 

8 

Assistant  Keeper  of  Pipe  Yard.  . . . 

. F 

I 

1 

Assistant  Librarian 

. G 

. . 

3 

Assistant  Medical  Inspector 

.A 

Ill 

5 

Assistant  Paving  Chemist 

. B 

II 

1 

Assistant  Station  Engineer 

.H 

I 

7 

Assistant  Storekeeper 

. F 

I 

1 

Assistant  Structural  Designer 

.B 

III 

3 

Assistant  Supt.  of  Distribution.  . . . 

.F 

II 

3 

Assistant  Supt.  of  Plumbing 

.F 

II 

3 

Assistant  Supt.  of  Schools 

. J 

. . 

. , 

Assistant  Supt.  of  Sewers 

Assistant  Supervisor  of  Physical 

. F 

II 

6 

Training  

. J 

. . 

. , 

. . 

Assistant  Supervising  Hosp.  Nurse. 

.A 

Ill 

5 

25 

Assistant  Tapper 

. H 

I 

8 

, , 

Assistant  Taxidermist 

.H 

II 

1 

, , 

Assistant  Truancy  Officer 

. F 

II 

3 

. . 

46 


Examination 
Schedule 
Orig-  Pro- 


Title  of  Position 

B 

Class 

Grade 

inal 

moti( 

Bacteriologist  

. .A 

IV 

3 

23 

Bath  House  Matron 

. . I 

9 

Bath  House  Superintendent 

. .F 

ii 

3 

Blacksmith  

. . H 

ii 

8 

Block  Paving  Foreman 

. .H 

hi 

6 

Boatman  

. .H 

i 

8 

Bridge  Construction  Inspector.  . . . 

. .E 

ii 

3 

Bridge  Sweeper 

9 

Bridge  Tender  

. . H 

H 

7 

Building  Inspector  

. . E 

II 

3 

C. 

Cabinetmaker  

II 

8 

Carpenter  

. .H 

II 

8 

Carpenter  Foreman 

III 

6 

Cashier 

, , 

Cataloguer  

. .G 

. . 

3 

Caulker 

I 

8 

Charwoman  

. .1 

. . 

9 

Chauffeur  

. . H 

II 

7 

Chauffeur  and  Assistant  Inspector 

. .H 

I 

7 

Chemist  . 

. .A 

IV 

3 

Chief  Asessment  Clerk.  

. .C 

IV 

3 

23 

Chief  Binder 

..H 

II 

3 

23 

Chief  Caulker 

. .H 

II 

7 

. . 

Chief  Clerk — Comptroller  

. .C 

V 

3 

23 

Chief  Clerk — Pub.  Wrks. — Adm.  . 
Chief  Clerk — Pub.  Wrks. — Pur.  & 

. .C 

V 

3 

23 

Supls 

. .C 

V 

3 

23 

Chief  Clerk — Tax  Department. . . . 

. .C 

V 

3 

23 

Chief  Clerk — Water  Registrar..  . . 

. .C 

V 

3 

23 

Chief  Deputy  Clerk  of  Courts.  . . . 

. . J 

. . 

Chief  Electrician  

. .B 

ii 

3 

23 

Chief  Elevator  Operator 

. .H 

hi 

6 

, , 

Chief  Engineer 

. .B 

V 

6 

25 

Chief  Engineer  of  Power  Plants . . . 

. .D 

V 

6 

26 

Chief  Estimate  Clerk 

. .B 

II 

3 

23 

Chief  Examiner  of  Stat.  Engineers 

. . J 

. . 

Chief  Food  Inspector 

. .E 

iv 

5 

25 

Chief  Medical  Inspector 

. .A 

IV 

5 

25 

Chief  Meter  Reader 

. .E 

ii 

3 

23 

Chief  Milk  Inspector 

..E 

hi 

5 

25 

Chief  Sanitory  Inspector 

. .E 

hi 

5 

25 

Chief  Smoke  Inspector.  

. . J 

. . 

. . 

. . 

Chief  Taxidermist  

. .H 

hi 

3 

, , 

Chief  Truancy  Officer 

. .F 

hi 

3 

23 

Chief  Tunnel  Inspector 

. . E 

ii 

3 

23 

Child  Welfare  Chief 

. .A 

IV 

3 

. , 

47 


Examination 

Schedule 


Title  of  Position  Class 

Grade 

Orig- 

inal 

Pro- 

motion 

City  Engineer 

.B 

5 

25 

City  Treasurer 

Cleaner  

9 

Clerk  of  Courts 

Clerk  of  the  Mayor 

. J 

. . . 

Coal  Passer 

.1 

9 

Commissioner  of  Public  Works.  . . . 

. J 

Complaint  Clerk  

.C 

III 

3 

Comptroller  

. J 

. . 

Construction  Engineer 

.B 

Ill 

3 

Cook  

.H 

II 

8 

Craneman  

.1 

# # 

8 

Curator  of  Anthropology 

.F 

IV 

5 

25 

Curator  of  Education 

. F 

IV 

5 

25 

Curator  of  Invertebrate  Zoology.  . . 

.F 

IV 

5 

25 

Custodian  of  City  Hall 

.F 

II 

6 

. . 

D. 

Deputy  City  Clerk 

.F 

III 

5 

25 

Deputy  Clerk  of  Courts 

. J 

. . 

, , 

Deputy  Commissioner  of  Pub.  Wrks 

. J 

, , 

, , 

. # 

Deputy  Comptroller 

.F 

IV 

5 

26 

Deputy  Health  Commissioer 

.F 

IV 

5 

25 

Deputy  Registrar  of  Vital  Statistics. 

.C 

V 

3 

23 

Deputy  Sealer  of  Weights  and 

F 

III 

5 

25 

Measures 

Deputy  Tax  Commissioner 

.F 

III 

3 

23 

Deputy  Treasurer . 

. J 

. . 

. . 

. . 

Deputy  Water  Registrar 

.F 

II 

3 

. . 

Director  of  Municipal  Research .... 

. J 

. . 

. . 

. . 

Director  of  the  Public  Museum .... 

.F 

IV 

4 

24 

Director  of  the  Zoo 

.F 

II 

5 

, . 

Division  Chief  of  Tuberculosis. .... 

A 

IV 

3 

Domestic  

I 

. . 

9 

. , 

Draftsman  

E. 

Election  Commissioner 

B 

I 

1 

. J 

Electrical  Engineer 

, B 

III 

3 

23 

Electrician  

B 

I 

4 

. . 

Elevator  Inspector  

, E 

II 

3 

. . 

Elevator  Operator . 

, H 

II 

7 

. . 

Engineer  in  Charge 

D 

III 

7 

27 

Engineering  Draftsman 

B 

V 

3 

23 

Examiner  of  Plans 

B 

III 

3 

. . 

Examiner  of  Stationary  Engineers.  . 

E 

III 

3 

F. 

Factory  Inspector 

E 

II 

3 

. . 

Field  Nurse 

A 

II 

3 

. . 

Field  Superintendent  of  Bridges 

and  Public  Buildings.. 

F 

III 

6 

26 

48 


/ 


Examination 
Schedule 
Orig-  Pro- 

Title  of  Position  Class  Grade  inal  motion 


Field  Superintendent  of  Street  Con- 

struction  and  Repairs 

F 

III 

6 

26 

Finisher  

H 

II 

8 

, , 

Fireman  

H 

I 

7 

27 

First  Assistant  City  Attorney 

J 

Food  Inspector  

E 

ii 

3 

Foreman  of  Asphalt  Plant.  . . 

H 

hi 

6 

Foreman  of  Grounds 

H 

hi 

7 

Foreman  of  Incinerator 

H 

hi 

6 

Foreman  of  Macadam  Street  Repairs.  H 

hi 

6 

Foreman  of  Meter  Shop 

H 

hi 

6 

Furnaceman  

I 

9 

G. 

Gardener  

H 

i 

7 

Gasoline  Roller  Engineer.  . . . 

D 

i 

6 

Gateman  

I 

9 

. , 

Golf  Custodian 

I 

8 

H. 

Harbor  Master 

F 

ii 

5 

Head  Order  Clerk 

G 

3 

Health  Commissioner  

J 

. . 

Helper 

I 

*8 

Hospital  Helper 

A 

i 

1 

Hospital  Nurse 

A 

ii 

3 

Hospital  Physician 

A 

hi 

5 

Hydrant  Inspector 

E 

x 

i 

6 

Incinerator  Helper 

1* 

I 

9 

Inspector  of  Buildings 

J 

Inspector  of  Dredging 

E 

i 

*3 

Inspector  of  Weights  and  Measures.  . E 

i 

3 

Instructor  in  Trade  Schools.  . 

J 

Instrumentman 

B 

i 

*3 

Iron  Worker 

H 

ii 

8 

J. 


Janitor  

. . . H 

I 

8 

. . 

Judge  of  District  Court 

. . . J 

. . 

. , 

Judge  of  Municipal  Court 

. . . J 

. . 

. . 

Junior  Accountant . . . . 

. . . C 

IV 

3 

23 

Junior  Bookkeeper 

. . . C 

II 

1 

Junior  Clerk 

. . . C 

II 

1 

. . 

Junior  Clerk — Stenographer  ..  . . 

. . . C 

II 

1 

Junior  Engineer 

. . . B' 

II 

3 

23 

Junior  Investigator 

. . . C 

IV 

3 

23 

Junior  Library  Assistant 

. . . G 

. . 

3 

. . 

Junior  Water  Waste  Inspector.  . . 

. . .E 

II 

3 

. . 

Justice  of  the  Peace 

. . . J 

. . 

. . 

49 


Examination 

Schedule 
Orig-  Pro- 

Title  of  Position 

K. 

Class 

Grade 

inal  motion 

Keeper  of  Pipe  Yard 

. . .F 

IV 

6 

Keeper  of  Reservoir 

L. 

. . . F 

T 

JL 

3 

Laboratory  Assistant 

. . . A 

I 

3 4 . . 

Laborer  

. . . I 

9 

Laundress  

. . . H 

I 

8 

Law  Clerk — Stenographer  . . 

. . . C 

III 

3 

Librarian  

. . . G 

5 

Library  Assistant 

. . . G 

o 

o . . 

Library  Page  

. . . G 

2 

Lighter  

M. 

. . . I 

9 

Machinist  

. . .H 

II 

8 

Machinist  Helper 

. . . I 

8 

Market  Master 

. . .F 

i 

1 

Mayor  

. . . J 

Messenger  

. . .C 

i 

2 

Meter  Inspector  

. . .E 

ii 

3 

Meter  Reader 

. . .E 

i 

3 

Meter  Repairer 

. . .H 

ii 

8 

Meter  Repair  Helper 

i 

8 

Milk  Inspector 

. . .E 

i 

3 

Modeler 

. . .H 

hi 

5 

Municipal  Reference  Librarian.  . 

. . .G 

5 

Museum  Attendant  

. . .F 

i 

1 . 

Museum  Librarian 

N. 

. . .F 

ii 

1 

Natatorium  Assistant  

. . .F 

i 

1 

Natatorium  Matron 

. . .F 

i 

1 

Natatorium  Superintendent 

O. 

. . .F 

ii 

3 . . 

Office  Attendant 

. . .C 

i 

2 

Oiler 

. . .D 

i 

7 

Operating  Engineer 

. . .D 

ii 

G 

Orderly  

P. 

. . . A 

i 

1 

Page  

. . .C 

i 

2 

Painter  

. . .H 

ii 

8 ! *. 

Park  Custodian  

. . .1 

7 

Park  Foreman 

. . .H 

iii 

7 . . 

Park  Matron  

. . .1 

9 

Park  Policeman 

. . .F 

ii 

10 

Park  Police  Sergeant 

. . .F 

in 

10 

Paster  

. . . H 

i 

9 

Paving  Chemist 

. . .B 

iii 

3 23 

Photographer  

. . .H 

ii 

4 

Plant  Fireman 

. . .1 

8 

50 


Examination 
Schedule 
Orig-  Pro- 

Title  of  Position  Class  Grade  inal  motion 


Plumbing  Inspector 

.E 

II 

3 

Principal — Graded  School 

. J 

Principal — High  School  

. J 

R. 

Recorder — Public  Museum 

. F 

II 

3 

Record  Searcher  

. C 

IV 

3 

23 

Repairer  of  Heating  Apparatus.  . . . 

. H 

II 

8 

Resident  Hospital  Superintendent.  . 

.A 

IV 

5 

Resident  Interne  

.A 

I 

1 

Rodman  

I 

1 

Sanitary  Inspector . 

• E 

I 

3 

Sealer  of  Weights  and  Measures.  . . 

.E 

IV 

5 

25 

Secretary  and  Chief  Examiner 

. J 

Secretary  to  Commissioner  of 

Health 

.F 

II 

3 

Secretary  of  Election  Commission. . 

.F 

IV 

5 

25 

Secretary  of  Harbor  Commission. . . 

.F 

IV 

3 

Secretary  of  Park  Board 

. F 

III 

3 

Secretary  of  Rivers  and  Harbors. . . 

. F 

III 

3 

Secretary  of  School  Board 

.F 

IV 

5 

Secretary  of  Sewerage  Commission . 

. J 

Senior  Accountant 

.C 

V 

3 

23 

Senior  Bookkeeper 

. C 

III  * 

3 

23 

Senior  Chemist 

.A 

III 

3 

23 

Senior  Clerk 

.C 

III 

3 

23 

Senior  Clerk — Stenographer 

.C 

III 

3 

23 

Senior  Engineer 

. B 

IV 

3 

23 

Senior  Investigator  

. C 

V 

3 

23 

Senior  Library  Assistant 

. G 

3 

Senior  Water  Waste  Inspector.  . . . 

. E 

III 

3 

23 

Servant  

. I 

8 

Sewer  

.H 

ii 

8 

Sewer  Inspector 

. E 

i 

3 

Shademan  

.H 

i 

9 

Sidewalk  Finisher 

. H 

ii 

8 

Sidewalk  Foreman 

. H 

hi 

6 

Sidewalk  Inspector  

. E 

i 

1 

Sign  Writer  

. H 

ii 

8 

Slide  Colorist 

. H 

i 

3 

Smoke  Inspector  

.E 

i 

3 

South  Division  Librarian 

.G 

3 

Spectial  Tax  Appraiser 

.C 

iii 

3 

Special  Vaccinator 

.A 

hi 

Station  Engineer 

. H 

ii 

*7 

Steamfitter  

.IT 

ii 

8 

Steam  Roller  Engineer 

. D 

i 

6 

Stenotyper  

.C 

ii 

3 

Storekeeper  

. F 

ii 

3 

Storekeeper — Yardman  

. F 

i 

3 

Street  Inspector  

. E 

i 

1 

51 


Examination 
Schedule 
Orig-  Pro- 

Title  of  Position  Class  Grade  Inal  motion 


Street  Paver 

H 

II 

8 

Structural  Designer 

B 

IV 

5 

25 

Structural  Draftsman  

B 

II 

3 

23 

Substitute  Engineer 

D 

I 

6 

Supt.  of  Bridges  and  Public  Bldgs. . . 

F 

IV 

5 

25 

Supt.  of  Distribution 

, F 

III 

6 

26 

Supt.  of  Emergency  Hospital 

A 

III 

5 

25 

Supt.  of  Garbage  Collection 

. F 

II 

6 

Supt.  of  Incinerator 

, F 

II 

6 

Supt.  of  Meters 

F 

II 

6 

Supt.  of  Parks 

F 

IV 

5 

Supt.  of  Plumbing 

.F 

III 

3 

23 

Supt.  of  Schools 

, J 

. . 

Supt.  of  School  Buildings 

F 

IV 

5 

Supt.  of  Sewerage 

F 

III 

6 

26 

Supt.  of  Street  Const,  and  Repairs. 

.F 

IV 

5 

25 

Supt.  of  Street  Sanitation 

. F 

IV 

5 

Supt.  of  Water  Works 

. F 

IV 

5 

25 

Supervising  Field  Nurse 

.A 

III 

5 

25 

Supervising  Hospital  Nurse 

.A 

III 

5 

25 

Supervising  Night  Nurse 

.A 

II 

3 

Supervisor  of  Drawing 

. J 

Supervisor  of  Elementary  Training. 

. J 

Supervisor  of  Household  Arts 

. J 

Supervisor  of  Industrial  Education. 

. J 

Supervisor  of  Music 

J 

Supervisor  of  Physical  Training . . . . 

J 

Supervisor  of  Primary  Grades 

J 

Surgical  Nurse 

A 

ri 

*3 

T. 


Tapper H II 

Tax  Assessor C III 

Tax  Commissioner J 

Taxidermist  Laborer I 

Teacher J . . 

Teamster H I 

Timekeeper H I 

Tinsmith H I 

Tunnel  Inspector E I 

Turn-on-and-off-man H I 

Truancy  Officer F II 

Typist C I 


8 

3 

* 8 

’ 8 
1 
8 
3 
1 
3 
1 


Vice-Principal  

Ward  Superintendent 

Watchman  

Water  Pipe  Inspector 
Water  Registrar 
Window  Washer 


V. 

J 

w. 

F II  6 

H I 7 

E I 1 

J 

. . . . ...H  I 8 


Y. 


H 


I 


7 


Yardman 


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REGULATION  III. 


Record  System. 

1.  Records  of  eligibles  from  the  filing  of  application  to 
termination  of  service,  shall  be  kept  by  card  system  based  upon 
permanent  book  records,  according  to  the  following  methods: 

(a)  In  all  cases,  except  Class  I (Labor  Service),  history 

cards  shall  be  made  from  each  approved  applica- 
tion. They  shall  contain  applicant’s  name,  ad- 
dress, date  of  birth,  title  of  examination,  examina- 
tion number,  application  number,  date  of  filing 
and  age  of  applicant,  if  an  age  limit  is  required, 
and  shall  be  classified  by  names  of  positions  ap- 
plied for  pending  result  of  examinations. 

(b)  Averages  obtained  by  each  applicant  in  the  subjects 

of  examination,  and  the  general  average  obtained 
therefrom,  shall  be  entered  in  an  examination 
register.  From  this  record  general  averages  shall 
be  entered  upon  the  history  cards  of  successful  ap- 
plicants. An  eligible  register  for  official  approval, 
containing  names  and  general  averages  in  all  ex- 
aminations, arranged  in  order  of  proficiency,  shall 
be  made  from  the  examination  register.  Cards  of 
applicants  who  attain  a general  average  of  70  or 
more  shall  be  filed  alphabetically  and  shall  con- 
stitute an  index  to  eligible  lists.  Cards  of  those 
failing  to  qualify  shall  be  filed  alphabetically  in  a 
separate  cabinet  designated  as  the  dead  list. 

(c)  Duplicates  of  the  history  cards  filed  in  the  index  to 

eligible  lists  shall  be  prepared  and  arranged  in 
reverse  order  of  merit  in  the  appropriate  cabinets 
of  the  working  list,  separated  from  the  cards  of 
those  working  and  those  awaiting  re-instatement 
in  the  same  position.  Pending  certification,  all 
matters  affecting  an  eligible  shall  be  entered  upon 
the  history  cards  in  the  index  to  the  eligible  lists. 

(d)  The  working  list  shall  consist  of  cards  arranged  in 

reverse  order  as  follows: 

(1)  Those  certified  and  at  work. 

(2)  Those  certified,  but  laid  off  or  on  leave  sub- 

ject to  re-instatement. 

(3)  Those  awaiting  certification. 

(e)  Upon  certification  the  history  card  of  the  appointee 

shall  pass  to  a permanent  service  record  cabinet 
designated  as  the  civil  list  and  the  duplicate  placed 
with  those  certified  and  at  work  as  shown  by  the 
working  list  and  given  its  appropriate  permanent 
number.  When  a list  has  been  cancelled  the  his- 
tory cards  of  eligibles  failing  certification  shall  be 
filed  alphabetically  in  the  dead  list  and  the  dupli- 
cates thereof  then  in  the  working  list  destroyed,, 

58 


(f)  Every  change  of  status  of  an  employee  in  the  serv- 

ice shall  be  entered  upon  his  card  and  filed  in  the 
civil  list. 

(g)  The  civil  list  shall  contain  history  cards  of  all  per- 

sons in  the  exempt  or  unclassified  service,  and 
such  cards  shall  be  of  a different  color  from  those 
of  persons  in  the  classified  service. 

Class  I.  (Labor  Service.)  Applications  shall  be  entered 
in  a book  in  the  order  of  receipt.  After  the  ex- 
amination, two  cards  shall  be  prepared  of  those 
who  qualify,  one  for  use  as  an  eligible  register 
and  the  other  as  an  index  card,  and  entries  shall 
also  be  made  in  the  book  register  of  the  result  of 
the  examination.  All  reports  affecting  eligibles 
and  employees  shall  be  entered  on  both  cards. 
Working  cards  shall  be  retained  and  shall  con- 
stitute a working  list.  Cancelled  cards  shall  be 
destroyed. 

REGULATION  IV. 

Waiver  of  Certification  of  Reinstatement, 

The  Commission  may  permit  eligibles  to  waive  certification 
or  reinstatement  in  cases  where  it  considers  the  reasons  given 
for  such  waiver  as  good  and  sufficient,  and  Where  it  is  desirable 
to  keep  the  name  of  the  eligible  on  the  register  from  which  the 
certification  was  made.  If  the  reasons  assigned  are  not  ap- 
proved by  the  Commission,  then  the  names  of  the  eligibles  so 
certified  or  tendered  reinstatement  shall  be  removed  from  the 
registers  from  which  they  were  certified.  Within  thirty  days 
thereafter  the  names  of  the  persons  so  removed  from  the  eligi- 
ble register  may  be  restored,  should  satisfactory  reasons  for 
such  action  be  offered.  Waivers  must  be  filed  with  the  Com- 
mission within  four  days  from  date  of  certification,  and,  if  ap- 
proved, the  name  of  such  eligible  shall  not  be  certified  until 
the  waiver  has  been  withdrawn.  Waivers,  whether  continuous 
or  otherwise,  shall  not  be  permitted  for  a period  of  longer  than 
one  year. 


REGULATION  V. 


Departmental  Reports. 

1.  The  head  of  department  shall  in  all  cases  make  re- 
quisition for  eligibles  before  making  appointments.  In  the 
absence  of  an  appropriate  eligible  list,  or  in  case  of  immediate 
necessity,  authority  shall  be  granted  for  an  emergency  ap- 
pointment. The  Commission  shall  not  approve  any  emergency 
appointment  for  which  the  department  head  did  not  make 
requisition  and  obtain  authority  in  accordance  with  this  regu- 
lation. 

Procedure  As  to  Pay  Roll  Certification. 

The  following  correspondence  passed  between  the  City  Serv- 
ice Commission  and  the  City  Comptroller; 

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OFFICE  OF  THE  COMPTROLLER. 


Louis  M.  Kotecki,  Comptroller. 

A.  P.  Puelicher,  Deputy  Comptroller. 

March  21,  1914. 

To  the  Honorable, 

The  Board  of  the  City  Service  Commissioners, 

Milwaukee,  Wisconsin. 

Gentlemen:  — 

I have  given  considerable  thought  for  some  time  to  the 
question  of  the  sufficiency  of  the  present  method  and  the  re- 
sponsibility of  the  Comptroller’s  office  in  passing  and  allowing 
of  claims  for  services  of  persons  certified  and  employed  in 
offices  and  places  in  the  City  Civil  Service,  as  required  in  Sec- 
tions 16  and  17  of  the  City  Civil  Service  act,  and  I am  satisfied 
that  the  present  method  of  certifying  to  this  office  of  the  ap- 
pointment and  of  all  changes  affecting  the  legality  of  employ- 
ment of  such  offices  and  employees  is  not  sufficient,  and  in 
addition  causes  considerable  duplication  of  work  in  the  prep- 
aration of  reports  by  department  heads  and  in  checking  the 
pay  rolls  for  changes  in  the  service  by  this  office  and  by  your 
Board. 

Will  your  Board  kindly  take  up  this  question  with  a view 
of  devising  a plan  whereby  all  estimates,  pay  rolls  or  accounts 
of  salaries  or  wages  of  officers  and  employees  in  all  the  city 
departments  (excepting  the  Departments  of  Police  and  Fire 
and  the  Fire  and  Police  Alarm  System),  can  be  accurately 
checked  in  advance  of  their  payment  and  certification  made  to 
this  office  as  to  the  legality  of  employment;  this,  with  a view 
of  more  effectively  carrying  out  both  the  letter  and  spirit  of 
the  sections  of  the  City  Civil  Service  act  above  referred  to  and 
the  rules  of  your  Civil  Service  Board. 

Yours  very  truly, 

A.  P.  PUELICHER, 

Deputy  City  Comptroller. 

March  23,  1914. 

To  the  Honorable, 

The  City  Comptroller, 

Milwaukee,  Wisconsin. 

Dear  Sir:  — 

In  reply  to  your  communication  of  the  21st  instant,  the 
Board  directs  me  to  state  that  it  has  also  had  under  considera- 
tion a plan  whereby  all  estimates,  pay  rolls  or  accounts  of 
salaries  or  wages  of  officers  and  employees  in  all  the  city  de- 
partments (excepting  the  Departments  of  Police  and  Fire  and 
the  Fire  and  Police  Alarm  System),  may  be  checked  in  ad- 
vance of  payment,  with  a view, 

First,  that  this  Board  obtain  an  accurate  check  on  all 
changes  affecting  employment  which  would  enable  it  to  make 

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a monthly  certification  to  your  office  as  to  the  legality  of  em- 
ployment of  all  such  officers  and  employees,  as  required  by 
Sections  16  and  17  of  the  City  Civil  Service  act  and  the  rules 
of  this  Board;  and 

Second,  in  order  that  this  Board  obtain  and  maintain  a 
complete  and  accurate  record  of  all  changes  in  employment 
in  the  City  Service,  which  would  he  a basis  of  civil  service  ad- 
ministration and  employment  control. 

If  your  office  will  co-operate  with  this  Board  in  having  all 
the  above  department  estimates,  pay  rolls  or  accounts  for 
salaries  or  wages  of  their  officers  and  employees  sent  regularly 
to  this  office  for  check  in  advance  of  payment  and  before  same 
are  delivered  to  your  office,  and  if  you  will  refuse  to  pay  any 
item  which  does  not  bear  this  Board’s  certification  that  the 
persons  included  in  each  estimate,  pay  roll  or  account  have 
been  appointed  and  are  employed  in  accordance  with  the  City 
Civil  Service  law  and  the  rules  of  this  Board,  this  Board  will 
undertake  to  promptly  check  and  certify  as  to  the  legality  of 
employment  of  all  persons  included  on  such  estimates,  pay 
rolls  or  accounts  upon  receipt  at  this  office  and  forward  same 
to  you  bearing  the  following  certification: 


“BOARD  OF  CITY  SERVICE  COMMISSIONERS. 

Received 

All  officers  and  employees  whose  names  appear 
upon  this  pay  roll  and  opposite  which  the  letter  ‘L’  is 
stamped,  are  holding  their  positions  according  to  the 
provisions  of  the  Civil  Service  act;  and  those  opposite 
which  the  word  'Exempt’  is  stamped,  are  by  law  exempt 
from  the  classified  service. 

BOARD  OF  CITY  SERVICE  COMMISSIONERS. 


Secretary?’ 


The  Board  will  also  inform  your  office  and  the  respective 
department  heads  of  any  items,  pay  rolls  or  estimates  for  per- 
sons who  are  not  employed  in  accordance  with  said  sections  of 
the  Civil  Service  Law  and  Rules. 

In  order  that  this  change  in  the  system  of  checking  pay 
rolls  be  installed,  the  Board  respectively  suggests  that  the 
March  estimates,  pay  rolls  or  accounts  for  salaries  or  wages 
of  officers  and  employees  in  the  above  city  departments  be  sent 
to  this  office  for  check  and  certification,  as  outlined  above,  and 
that  you  notify  the  heads  of  departments  to  that  effect  so  that 
they  may  be  ready  for  the  contemplated  change. 

This  Board  will  also  notify  departments  to  the  same  effect. 

BY  ORDER  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  CITY  SERVICE 
COMMISSIONERS. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

JOHN  J.  VLACH, 

Secretaryr 


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OFFICE  OF  THE  COMPTROLLER. 


Louis  M.  Kotecki,  Comptroller. 

A.  P.  Puelicher,  Deputy  Comptroller. 

March  23,  1914. 

To  the  Honorable, 

The  Board  of  City  Service  Commissioners, 

Milwaukee,  Wisconsin. 

Gentlemen:  — 

I am  in  receipt  of  your  letter  of  this  date  in  which  you 
suggest  a plan  whereby  all  estimates,  pay  rolls  or  accounts  of 
salaries  or  wages  of  officers  and  employees  in  all  the  city  de- 
partments (excepting  the  Departments  of  Police  and  Fire  and 
the  Police  and  Fire  Alarm  System),  be  checked  and  certified 
as  to  legality  of  employment,  in  advance  of  payment,  as  re- 
quired under  Sections  16  and  17  of  the  City  Civil  Service  act. 

In  reply  thereto,  will  say  that  I shall  accept  this  plan.  I 
will  require  all  estimates,  pay  rolls  or  accounts  of  salaries  or 
wages  to  be  transmitted  to  your  office  by  the  different  depart- 
ments before  they  are  sent  to  this  office  and  in  advance  of  pay- 
ment, to  be  checked  and  certified  by  your  office  as  to  legality 
of  employment.  I will  refuse  to  pay  any  estimate,  pay  roll  or 
account  of  salaries  or  wages  unless  the  same  is  certified  by 
your  Board,  and  shall  accept  your  certification  as  a strict  com- 
pliance on  my  part  and  as  relieving  me  of  any  further  liability 
or  responsibility  under  the  sections  of  the  act  above  referred 
to,  and  of  the  rules  of  your  Board. 

As  you  suggest,  I have  drawn  up  a letter  (copy  enclosed), 
directed  to  the  department  heads  (excepting  those  of  the  De- 
partments of  Police  and  Fire,  and  the  Police  and  Fire  Alarm 
System),  informing  them  of  this  new  arrangement,  and  will 
require  that  the  estimates,  pay  rolls  or  accounts  of  salaries  or 
wages  of  these  departments  for  March,  1914,  and  thereafter, 
shall  be  checked  and  certified  as  to  legality  of  employment  by 
your  office. 

Yours  truly, 

A.  P.  PUELICHER, 

Deputy  City  Comptroller. 

March  23,  1914. 


To  All  Heads  of  Departments:  — 

On  and  after  this  date,  this  office  will  not  accept  estimates, 
pay  rolls  or  accounts  of  salaries  or  wages  of  officers  and  em- 
ployees in  the  city  service  (except  those  in  the  Police  and  Fire 
Departments  and  in  the  Police  and  Fire  Alarm  System),  or 
allow  claim  or  payment  for  such  service  except  where  they 
have  been  previously  checked  and  certified  to  by  the  Board  of 
City  Service  Commissioners  as  to  legality  of  employment.  This 
change  in  system  is  made  in  order  to  comply  more  strictly  with 

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Sections  16  and  17  of  the  City  Civil  Service  act  as  amended 
by  Section  6,  Chapter  218,  of  1897. 

You  will  therefore  arrange  to  have  all  such  estimates,  pay 
rolls  or  accounts  sent  directly  to  the  office  of  the  Board  of  City 
Service  Commissioners  for  such  check  and  certification  instead 
of  sending  them  to  this  office.  The  Board  will  transmit  the 
pay  rolls  to  this  office  after  they  have  been  checked. 

In  order  to  prevent  any  unnecessary  delay  in  the  final 
allowing  and  payment  of  claims,  salaries  or  wages  for  services 
by  this  office,  it  is  suggested  that  you  arrange  to  have  all  esti- 
mates, pay  rolls  or  accounts  of  salaries  or  wages  delivered  to 
the  Civil  Service  office  at  least  one  or  two  days  in  advance  of 
the  usual  time  they  were  heretofore  delivered  to  this  office. 

Yours  very  truly, 

A.  P.  PUELICHER, 

Deputy  City  Comptroller. 

BOARD  OF  CITY  SERA  ICE  COMMISSIONERS. 

Milwaukee,  March  23,  1914. 

To  the  Honorable, 

The  City  Comptroller, 

Milwaukee,  Wisconsin. 

Dear  Sir:  — 

This  Board  is  in  receipt  of  your  communication  of  this 
date.  I am  directed  to  inform  you  that  this  office  has  made  its 
plans  accordingly  and  will  be  ready  to  check  promptly  the 
March  estimates,  pay  rolls  or  accounts  of  salaries  or  wages  of 
officers  and  employees  in  all  the  city  departments  (excepting 
those  in  the  Departments  of  Police  and  Fire  and  in  the  Police 
and  Fire  Alarm  System),  and  certify  same  as  to  legality  of 
employment  if  they  are  sent  to  this  office  before  being  submit- 
ted to  your  office  in  advance  of  payment. 

For  your  information  the  Board  encloses  herewith  copy  of 
letter  which  it  has  directed  be  sent  to  the  heads  of  the  above 
departments  explaining  the  new  arrangement. 

BY  ORDER  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  CITY  SERVICE 
COMMISSIONERS. 

Yours  truly, 

JOHN  J.  VLACH, 

Secretary. 

BOARD  OF  CITY  SERA  ICE  COMMISSIONERS. 

Milwaukee,  March  23,  1914. 

To  All  Heads  of  Departments:  — 

As  a result  of  a conference  between  the  office  of  the  City 
Comptroller  and  members  of  this  Board,  it  has  been  arranged 
that  hereafter  all  estimates,  pay  rolls  or  accounts  of  salaries 

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or  wages  of  officers  and  employees  in  all  the  city  departments 
(excepting  those  in  the  Police  and  Fire  departments  and  in 
the  Police  and  Fire  Alarm  System),  shall  be  checked  and  certi- 
fied as  to  legality  of  employment  in  this  office  before  same  are 
sent  to  the  Comptroller’s  office  for  audit  and  in  advance  of 
payment.  This  change  is  made  to  enable  the  Comptroller  to 
obtain  a more  satisfactory  compliance  with  Sections  16  and  17 
of  the  City  Civil  Service  act  and  the  rules  of  this  Board. 

The  compliance  with  this  arrangement  will  enable  this 
Board  to  obtain  an  accurate  check  on  all  changes  affecting  em- 
ployment which  will  enable  it  to  make  a monthly  certification 
to  the  Comptroller  as  to  the  legality  of  employment  of  all  offi- 
cers and  employees  in  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  the 
above  sections  of  the  City  Civil  Service  act  and  to  obtain  and 
maintain  a complete  and  accurate  record  of  all  changes  affect- 
ing employment  in  the  city  service,  which  will  be  used  as  a 
basis  of  civil  service  administration  and  employment  control. 

In  order  that  the  work  of  checking  and  certifying  the  above 
estimates,  pay  rolls  or  accounts  of  salaries  or  wages  can  be 
expedited  and  cause  no  delay  in  final  payment,  it  will  be  neces- 
sary that  department  heads  report  all  changes  affecting  em- 
ployment in  advance  of  the  transmission  of  the  monthly  esti- 
mates, pay  rolls  or  accounts  of  salaries  or  wages.  New  blank 
forms  upon  which  to  make  these  reports  are  now  ready  and 
will  be  furnished  by  this  office  to  each  department.  These 
forms  will  supplement  the  forms  heretofore  in  use. 

For  the  sake  of  accuracy,  the  Board  respectfully  suggests 
that  each  department  designate  certain  employees  who  shall 
handle  these  Civil  Service  reports,  and  so  far  as  possible,  all 
other  routine  matters  pertaining  to  employment  in  their  re- 
spective departments  or  bureaus. 

The  estimates,  pay  rolls  or  accounts  of  salaries  or  wages  of 
officers  and  employees  whose  certification  and  employment  con- 
form to  the  records  in  this  office  will  be  forwarded  to  the 
Comptroller  by  the  Secretary,  bearing  the  following  certifica- 
tion: 


“BOARD  OF  CITY  SERVICE  COMMISSIONERS. 

Received 

All  officers  and  employees  Whose  names  appear  upon 
this  pay  roll  and  opposite  which  the  letter  “L”  is 
stamped  are  holding  their  positions  accordingly  to  the 
provisions  of  the  Civil  Service  act;  and  those  opposite 
which  the  word  ‘Exempt’  is  stamped,  are  by  law 
exempt  from  the  classified  service. 

BOARD  OF  CITY  SERVICE  COMMISSIONERS. 


Secretary.” 

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All  estimates,  pay  rolls  or  accounts  of  salaries  or  wages 
which  are  not  in  conformity  with  the  certification  and  em- 
ployment records  of  this  office,  will  be  red  lined  and  the  pay 
roll  sent  to  the  Comptroller’s  office  with  these  items  elimi- 
nated. A notice  will  also  be  sent  to  each  department  of  these 
items  which  are  eliminated  so  that  same  be  corrected.  A sup- 
plementary pay  roll  with  corrected  items  will  be  received  in 
this  office  for  check,  certification  and  transmission  to  the 
Comptroller’s  office. 

In  order  to  prevent  any  unnecessary  delay  in  the  final 
allowing  and  payment  of  claims,  salaries  or  wages  for  services 
by  this  office,  it  is  suggested  that  you  arrange  to  have  all  esti- 
mates, pay  rolls  or  accounts  of  salaries  or  wages  delivered  to 
the  Civil  Service  office  at  least  one  or  two  days  in  advance  of 
the  usual  time  they  were  heretofore  delivered  to  the  Comptrol- 
ler’s office. 

This  arrangement  is  to  go  into  effect  with  the  March  pay 
rolls. 

BY  ORDER  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  CITY  SERVICE 
COMMISSIONERS. 

Yours  very  truly, 

JOHN  J.  VLACH, 

Secretary,  Board  of  City  Service  Commissioners. 


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GENERAL  INFORMATION  TO  APPLICANTS. 


1.  — This  department  has  no  official  knowledge  of  vacancies  in 

the  various  departments  and  therefore  cannot  answer 
questions  as  to  whether  there  are  ‘'openings”  in  the  City 
service.  It  is  important  for  the  applicant  to  be  on  an 
eligible  list  when  a vacancy  occurs,  therefore  it  is  ad- 
visable to  take  examination  and  obtain  a place  on  the 
eligible  list. 

2.  — Applicants  for  positions  in  the  City  Service  of  Milwaukee 

must  have  lived  within  the  city  limits  of  Milwaukee  for 
30  days  next  preceding  the  date  of  examination. 

3.  — There  are  no  regular  dates  set  for  examination,  but  regis- 

tration cards  may  be  filed  at  any  time  for  any  position 
in  the  City  Service. 

4.  — One  registration  card  can  be  filed  for  one  position  only, 

but  applicants  may  file  as  many  registration  cards  for 
as  many  different  positions  as  they  desire. 

5.  — Those  who  have  registration  cards  on  file  will  be  duly  noti- 

fied of  the  time  and  place  of  examination  for  that  posi- 
tion for  which  the  particular  registration  card  calls. 

6.  — After  receiving  notice  of  the  date  of  examination  for  the 

position  for  which  the  applicant  has  registered,  it  is 
necessary  for  him  to  file  a regular  application  on  or 
before  the  date  designated  on  the  card  as  being  the 
last  day  for  filing  applications  for  that  position.  Ap- 
plication blanks  can  be  obtained  at  the  City  Service 
office,  City  Hall. 

7.  — Notices  of  all  examinations  and  qualifications  are  posted 

in  the  Civil  Service  Bulletin  case  outside  of  the  main 
entrances  to  the  City  Hall,  and  the  City  Service  offices 
at  least  15  days  before  the  date  of  examination. 

8.  — Further  information  can  be  received  at  any  time  by  calling 

at  the  City  Service  offices,  seventh  floor,  south  end  of 
City  Hall. 


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INDEX  TO  THE  CIVIL  SERVICE  RULES. 


A 


Rule 


ABSENCE  WITHOUT  LEAVE,  cause  for  dis- 
charge   10 

ADOPTION  OF  REGULATIONS,  rule  on 18 


ADVANCEMENT  to  be  on  basis  of  efficiency  and 

seniority  

on  efficiency  and  seniority,  rule  on 

to  be  from  group  to  group 

to  be  on  basis  of  efficiency  and  seniority.  . . 

WTio  is  eligible  for 

efficiency  and  seniority  markings  for 


o 

14 

14 

14 

14 

14 


AMENDMENTS,  rule  on 

procedure  in  adopting 

public  notice  to  be  given  of 
meetings  for,  to  be  public.  . 


17 

17 

17 

17 


APPLICATIONS,  rule  on 

to  be  in  writing,  in  form  prescribed,  signed 

by  applicant,  made  under  oath 

for  positions  in  labor  service,  need  not  be  in 

applicants’  handwriting 

time  limit  for  presenting.  

for  labor  service,  may  be  filled  out  any  time 

defective,  shall  be  suspended 

defective,  may  be  corrected  and  returned.  . 
for  leave  of  absence,  to  be  accompanied  by 

proof  

for  labor  service  to  conform  to  Rule  IV.  . . . 
Priority  of,  to  determine  order  of  names  on 
list  . 


4 

4 

4 

4 

4 

4 

4 

10 

16 

16 


APPLICANTS,  male,  must  not  be  less  than  21 

years  old  4 

female,  must  not  be  less  than  18  years.  ...  4 

must  furnish  proof  of  good  character 4 

may  leave  name  and  address  on  file.  ......  4 

punishable  for  false  statement  or  fraudu- 
lent conduct  4 

extraordinary  service  of,  to  be  given  prefer- 
ence for 7 

appointment  of,  entered  upon  eligible  list 

from  which  certification  was  made 7 

may  be  removed  from  list  after  three  re-| 

jections  | 7 

for  promotion  examination,  to  register.  . . . | 13 


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Section 


13 

1 

1 

2 

2 


1 

2 

2 


r> 

o 

5 

5 

6 
6 

4 

2 


2 


2 

2 

3 

5 

7 

2 

6 
7 


APPOINTING  OFFICER,  defined 

to  be  consulted  as  to  procedure  in  filling 

special  expert  positions 

upon  request  of,  Board  of  Experts  to  con- 
duct examinations  for  special  expert 

positions  

upon  request  of,  eligible  list  for  special  ex- 
pert position  to  be  cancelled 

duty  of,  in  case  of  vacancy 

shall  report  to  Commission 

to  report  appointments  and  lay-offs 

APPOINTMENTS,  to  the  unclassified  service.  . . 

to  be  to  lowest  salary  group 

to  be  made  from  lists  resulting  from  ex- 
amination   

to  be  to  lowest  group 

emergency,  temporary,  probationary,  per- 
manent or  promotional  to  be  reported . . . 
refusal  or  neglect  to  accept,  to  be  reported. 

from  labor  eligible  list 

emergency,  in  labor  service 

in  labor  service,  to  be  reported 

ARCHITECTURAL  ENGINEERING 

B 


C 

CERTIFICATION,  for  temporary  appointment 
not  to  count  as  regular  appointment.  . . . 

procedure  of  

to  be  completed  in  case  of  declination 

to  be  completed  by  adding  the  next  name  in 

order  on  eligible  list 

how  made  from  reinstatement  list 

from  reinstatement  list 

from  labor  eligible  lists 


| Rule 


Section 


CHANGES  in  department  organization  to  be 
reported  


15 


1 


CHEMICAL  ENGINEERING 


3 4 


“CITY  SERVICE  OF  THE  CITY  OF  MILWAU- 
KEE,” defined  

CLASS,  defined  

CLASSIFICATION,  defined  

CLASSIFICATION,  rule  on 

positions  included  in 

“CLASSIFIED  SERVICE,”  defined 

positions  in  


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CLERICAL  ERRORS,  may  be  corrected  in  exam- 

nation  papers  6 


CLERICAL  SERVICE 


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COMMISSION,  defined 

to  classify  positions * 

to  classify  new  positions 

to  investigate  new  positions 

to  classify  new  positions 

may  waive  residence  requirements 

may  permit  persons  of  16  years  to  apply  for 

positions  

may  demand  special  proof  of  fitness 

shall  fix  time  limits  for  presenting  applica- 
tions   

shall  send  notices  to  persons  who  have  filed 

their  names  and  addresses 

shall  suspend  defective  applications 

to  hold  examinations 

may  direct  oral  examinations 

may  give  practical  tests 

may  extend  life  of  eligible  lists 

to  certify  three  names  upon  certification.  . . 

to  grant  leave  of  absence 

to  pass  on  transfers 

to  ascertain  efficiency  of  employees 

to  prescribe  factors  for  ascertaining  effi- 
ciency   

may  revise  efficiency  markings 

may  fix  uniform  salary  rate 

ta  maintain  lists  for  laborers 

to  adopt  regulations 


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COMMON  LABOR  SERVICE,  rule  on 


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COMPENSATION,  change  in,  not  to  affect  status 

of  employees  

limits  to  be  prescribed  by  groups  and 

schedules  . . . ; 

limits  to  be  prescribed  by  groups 

changes  in,  to  be  reported 

CREATION  OF  ANY  POSITION  to  be  reported . 


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DECLINATION,  procedure  as  to 
what  constitutes  


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DEPARTMENT  HEAD,  to  report  new  position. 

may  grant  leave  of  absence 

to  sign  all  reports 


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DEPARTMENT  ORGANIZATION,  changes  in,  to 

be  reported 15 

DISCHARGE,  absence  without  leave,  cause  for.  10 


DISMISSAL  from  public  service  cause  for  ex- 
clusion from  examination  and  removal 
from  list  4 


DUTIES,  change  of,  to  abolish  position  and  to 

create  a new  position 

in  a promotion  examination 


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EFFICIENCY  to  govern  advancement 

rule  on  

of  employees  to  be  ascertained  by  Commis- 
sion   . . . 

weight  given  thereto  in  a promotion  exami- 
nation   

rating  in  promotion  examination,  how  ob- 
tained   

markings  may  be  revised  by  Commission . . 
and  seniority  to  be  basis  of  advancement.  . 

weight  of  

and  seniority  markings  for  advancement.  . 
markings  to  be  reported 


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ELECTRICAL  ENGINEERING 


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ELIGIBLE  LISTS,  names  removed  from  for 

cause  

names  removed  from  for  cause.  

who  may  be  placed  on . . 

rule  on  

the  manner  of  placing  names  on 

may  be  consolidated 

for  position  in  special  expert  class 


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ELIGIBLE  LISTS,  Continued. 

life  of  

applicants’  appointment  to  be  entered  upon 
eligible  list  from  which  he  was  certified, 
names  to  be  trnsferred  to  new  list  from  ex- 
piring   

resulting  from  promotion  examination,  life 

of  

to  be  maintained  for  common  labor 

may  be  maintained  for  departments  or 

bureaus  

order  of  names  on,  for  labor  service 

for  certain  positions  in  labor  service 

certification  and  appointment  from 

for  non-citizens  


Rule 

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EMERGENCY  APPOINTMENTS,  to  be  made 
without  examination  or  certification .... 

duration  of  

in  labor  service 


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ENGINEERING  SERVICE 


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EXAMINATION,  to  change  grade  of  officer 

who  may  be  admitted  to. ..... . 

competitive  rule  on 

to  be  held  when 

shall  be  practical 

for  competitive  class,  may  be  conducted  by 

board  of  experts 

notice  of,  to  be  given 

to  be  under  direction  of  chief  examiner.  . . 
to  be  free  from  influence  of  appointing  of- 
ficer   

papers  of  how  rated 

physical  may  be  required 

oral  may  be  given 

who  may  be  admitted  to 

papers  of,  to  be  rated  by  more  than  one 

person  

papers  of,  may  be  personally  inspected .... 

papers  of,  when  subject  to  review. 

papers  of,  when  subject  to  review 

nature  of,  a factor  in  transfer 

promotion,  to  be  held  when 

promotion,  who  is  eligible  for 

promotion,  notice  to  be  published  of 

promotion,  weight  given  to  efficiency  in.  . . 

promotion,  “duties”  in 

promotion,  physical  test  in 

promotion,  life  of  eligible  list  resulting 

from  

promotion,  status  of  eligible  lists  resulting 

from  

original,  to  be  given  when 

original,  who  may  enter 


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original,  who  may  enter 

original,  rating  in 

for  positions  in  labor  service, 

EXPERTS,  boards  of,  to  conduct  examinations 
for  special  expert  class 


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FACTORS  FOR  ASCERTAINING  EFFICIEN- 
CY, to  be  uniform  for  positions  with 
similar  duties  and  responsibilities 


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FALSE  STATEMENT  BY  APPLICANT  PUN- 
ISHABLE   4 7 

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GRADE,  positions  comprised  in 

of  officer  not  to  be  changed  except  by  ex- 
amination   

length  of  service  in,  to  be  eligible  for  pro- 
motion examination  


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IDENTIFICATION  SHEETS  to  be  sealed . .....  5 10 

INSPECTION  SERVICE 3 7 

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LABORERS,  reinstatement  of 

re-employment  of  after  discharge 

LABOR  SERVICE  

lists  to  be  maintained  for 

emergency  appointments  in 

non-citizen  eligible  lists  in 

LAY-OFFS,  in  Class  I,  to  be  reported  monthly, 
in  labor  service  to  be  reported 

LEAVE  OF  ABSENCE,  rule  on 

when  it  may  be  granted 

by  whom  granted.... 

length  of 

reinstatement  upon  expiration  of 

LIBRARY  SERVICE  

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MARKING  AND  RATING,  rule  on 

MECHANICAL  ENGINEERING  

MEDICAL  SERVICE  

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NON-CITIZEN  ELIGIBLE  LISTS 

NOTICE  OF  PROMOTION  EXAMINATION,  to 

be  published  

to  be  given  of  proposed  amendments.  . . . 
to  be  given  of  proposed  changes  in  regu- 
lations   

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OFFICERS  NOT  IN  THE  SPECIAL  EXPERT 
CLASS  not  governed  by  residence  rule.  . 

OPERATING  ENGINEERING  SERVICE 

ORIGINAL  EXAMINATION  to  be  given  when . . 
rating  in  

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PHYSICAL  DISABILITY  cause  for  exclusion 
from  examination  and  removal  from  list. 

test  in  promotion  examination 

examination  for  labor  service 


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POSITION,  defined 

new,  to  be  reported  by  department  head.  . 
new  only  when  duties  are  different  from 

duties  of  other  positions 

new,  to  be  classified  by  Commission 

excepted  from  residence  requirement - 

creation  of,  to  be  reported 


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PRACTICAL  TEST,  may  be  given 

for  positions  in  Class  K 

weight  to  be  fixed  by  Commission 

weight  to  be  deducted  from  weight  of 
“duties”  


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PROMOTION,  rule  on 

examination,  who  is  eligible  for 

examination,  to  be  held  when 

examination,  who  is  eligible  for 

examination,  notice  of  to  be  published .... 
examination,  weight  given  to  seniority  in.  . 
examination,  weight  given  to  efficiency  in.  . 

examination,  “duties”  in 

examination,  physical  test  in 

examination,  practical  test  for  Class  K.  . . . 
examination,  life  of  eligible  list  resulting 
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REGULATIONS,  Commission  to  fix  time  limit 

for  presenting  applications  by 

subjects  and  weights  to  be  determined  by. 
factors  for  ascertaining  efficiency  to  be 

prescribed  in 

procedure  in  adopting 

notice  to  be  given  of  change  in 


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REJECTION,  defined 


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RELAYS,  laborers  to  be  employed  in 16 

RE-EMPLOYMENT  of  laborer  who  has  been 

discharged  16 


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REINSTATEMENT,  rule  on 

list,  who  may  be  placed  on 

list  to  have  preference . 

list,  names  to  remain  on  for  fixed  period . . . 

list,  names  to  be  stricken  from 

after  absence  without  leave.  . . . 

upon  expiration  of  leave  of  absence 

list,  certification  from  . . . 

to  be  reported  

in  Class  I to  be  reported 

list  for  Labor  Service,  who  shall  be  placed 

on  

of  laborers 


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REPORTS,  rule  on 

to  be  signed  by  department  head 


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RESIGNATIONS  to  be  reported 


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REVISION  of  efficiency  markings  to  be  on  pro 

rata  basis  . . 13 

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SALARY  RATE,  uniform,  to  be  fixed  when.  ...  14 

SECRETARY  and  CHIEF  EXAMINER  to  no- 
tify each  candidate  of  his  rating 6 


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SENIORITY  to  govern  advancement 

weight  given  to,  in  promotion  examination . 

how  determined  

and  efficiency  to  be  basis  of  advancement.  . 
weight  of  


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SEPARATIONS  to  be  reported 


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SKILLED  LABOR  SERVICE 


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SPECIAL  EXPERT  CLASS,  special  proof  of  fit- 
ness for 4 4 

appointing  officer  to  be  consulted  about 

filling  positions  in  5 4 

SPECIAL  RECOGNITION  to  be  given  for  ex- 
traordinary services 7 2 


STENOGRAPHIC  RECORD  to  be  kept  of  oral 

examinations  5 


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SUBJECTS  and  WEIGHTS  to  be  determined  by 

regulations  5 9 

SUBJECTS  to  be  rated  on  scale  of  100 . . 6 1 


SUPERVISING  SERVICE  

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SUSPENDED  EMPLOYEES  to  give  notice  to 
Commission  

SUSPENSION,  rule  on  

period  of 

to  be  reported 

T 

TEMPORARY  APPOINTMENT,  certification  for 
not  to  count  as  regular  certification . . . 

TEMPORARY  AND  PROVISIONAL  APPOINT- 
MENTS, rule  on 

appointments,  how  made 

appointments  not  to  count  as  regular  ap- 
pointments   

employees,  names  of  to  be  transferred  to 

new  list  from  expiring  list 

appointments  made  the  same  as  permanent 
appointments  to  have  preference.  ...... 

appointing  powers  to  notify  City  Ser.  Dept. 

of  termination  of  

employees  to  give  notice  of  termination  of 
their  employment 

TERMS,  defined,  rule  on 

TITLES,  to  be  descriptive  of  duties  and  indi- 
cate grade  

to  be  same  for  same  kind  of  service.  . . . 
not  to  be  changed  except  by  order  of  Com- 
mission   

change  in,  not  to  require  a new  examination 

TRANSFER,  rule  on  

to  be  made  how 

to  be  subject  to  approval  of  Commission.  . 

to  be  allowed  when 

to  be  reported 

of  laborers • 

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UNCLASSIFED  SERVICE,  positions  included  in 

appointments  to  

not  more  than  one  appointment  to  be  made 
under  one  title  in 

UNIFORM  SALARY,  rate  to  be  fixed  when .... 

V 

VACANCIES  to  be  reported 


Rule 


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CONTENTS. 


Page 


1.  City  Civil  Service  Act 3 

2.  Rules  of  the  City  Service  Commission 15 

3.  Regulations  of  the  City  Service  Commission,  viz.: 

(a)  Classification  of  Positions 35 

(b)  Subjects  and  Weights  in  Original  and  Promo- 

tion Examinations 43 


(c)  Alphabetical  List  of  Positions  with  Classifica- 


tion and  Schedule  of  Subjects  and  Weights.  46 

(d)  Record  System  in  City  Civil  Service  Office 53 

(e)  Waiver  by  Eligibles 54 

(f)  Departmental  Reports ' 54 

4.  Procedure  in  Pay  Roll  Certification 54 

5.  General  Information  to  Applicants 61 

6.  Index  to  Rules 62 

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